Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

azoindoxyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: azoin-doxyl
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.

Example Sentences

"For example, certain sulfur-containing dyes reduce osmium tetroxide to osmium black, which is electron opaque (Hanker et al., 1964), and certain azoindoxyls form insoluble osmium-containing complexes ( Holt and Hicks, 1966)."
"The nitro-blue tetrazolium method with menadiol diphosphate was found to be superior to existing methods employing azo, azoindoxyl or tetrazolium salts and to metal precipitation methods."

Etymology

From azo + indoxyl.

Inflected Forms

azoindoxyls (plural)

Questions

What does azoindoxyl mean?: Any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.
Where does azoindoxyl come from?: From azo + indoxyl.

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