beta-naphthol

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   an isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant

   Broadernaphtholantioxidant

Questions about beta-naphthol

What does beta-naphthol mean?

beta-naphthol means "an isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant".

How many syllables are in beta-naphthol?

beta-naphthol has 4 syllables and divides as be-ta--naph-thol under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is beta-naphthol a common word?

beta-naphthol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.