single-stranded

1. 1.

   having a single strand

   “single-stranded RNA”

Questions about single-stranded

What does single-stranded mean?

single-stranded means "having a single strand".

How many syllables are in single-stranded?

single-stranded has 4 syllables and divides as sin-gle--stran-ded 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 single-stranded a common word?

single-stranded 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.