iodin

Other forms of iodin

plural

iodins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about iodin

What does iodin mean?

iodin means "a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)".

How many syllables are in iodin?

iodin has 3 syllables and divides as i-o-din 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.

What is another word for iodin?

Close synonyms include iodine, I, atomic number 53. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iodin a common word?

iodin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.