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silsesquioxane

silsesquioxane noun: any chemical compound with the empirical chemical formula RSiO_(1.5), where R is either hydrogen or an alkyl, alkene, aryl or arylene group.

Noun

silsesquioxane (plural silsesquioxanes)

  1. Any chemical compound with the empirical chemical formula RSiO_(1.5), where R is either hydrogen or an alkyl, alkene, aryl or arylene group.

Forms of silsesquioxane

pluralsilsesquioxanes

Origin of silsesquioxane

From silicon + sesqui- + oxygen + -ane.

Questions about silsesquioxane

What does silsesquioxane mean?
Silsesquioxane means any chemical compound with the empirical chemical formula RSiO_(1.5), where R is either hydrogen or an alkyl, alkene, aryl or arylene group.
What part of speech is silsesquioxane?
Silsesquioxane is a noun.
What is the plural of silsesquioxane?
The plural of silsesquioxane is silsesquioxanes.

Words near silsesquioxane in the dictionary

  1. SILS
  2. Silsbee
  3. Silsby
  4. Silsbys
  5. Silsden
  6. silsesquioxane
  7. silsesquioxanes
  8. silsila
  9. silsilas
  10. silska rada
  11. silski rady

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