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Quinone

Definition: Quinone

Quinone

Noun

1. Any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Quinone \Qui"none\, noun. [Quinine ketone.]. (Websters 1913)

"Quinone" is a common misspelling or typo for: quinine.


Synonym: Quinone

Synonym: benzoquinone (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Quinone

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Quinone is a protein inside the cell wall of mitochondria. It is part of the electron transport chain.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quinone."

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Crosswords: Quinone

English words defined with "quinone": Chinone, Chloranil, CoerulignoneHydroquinoneIndophenolJugloneKinoneNaphthalenicQuinhydrone, Quinoxyl, QuinoylXyloquinone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "quinone": Alcohol OxidoreductasesPlastoquinoneQuinone Reductases. (references)
Etymologies containing "quinone": Phlorone. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Quinone

DomainTitle

Books

  • Role of Catechol Quinone Species in Cellular Toxicity (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Quinone

"Quinone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quinone" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Quinone

Expression using "quinone": Quinone Reductases. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Quinone

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

quinone

5

pyrroloquinoline quinone

5

bio quinone

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quinone

Language Translations for "quinone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

对苯二酮. (various references)

   

Danish

  

quinon, para-benzoquinon. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

chinon. (various references)

   

French

  

quinone, p-benzoquinone. (various references)

   

German

  

p-Benzochinon (p-benzoquinone), Chinon (p-benzoquinone). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατεργασία με κινόνη (quinone tannage), δέψη με κινόνη (quinone tannage). (various references)

   

Italian

  

p-benzochinone (p-benzoquinone), chinone (p-benzoquinone). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inonequay

   

Portuguese

  

curtimenta quinona (quinone tannage). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

quinona. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kinongarvning (quinone tannage). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

хінон. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Quinone

Derivations

Words beginning with "quinone": quinones. (additional references)

Words ending with "quinone": anthraquinone, hydroquinone, plastoquinone, ubiquinone. (additional references)

Words containing "quinone": anthraquinones, hydroquinones, plastoquinones, ubiquinones. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Quinone"

Words rhyming with "quinone" (pronounced 'Qui"none'): Acetophenone, Anthraquinone, Coerulignone, Lignone, Naphthoquinone. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Quinone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-o-q-u"

-2 letters: ennui, quoin, union.

-3 letters: neon, nine, none, noun, quin.

-4 letters: eon, inn, ion, nun, one.

-5 letters: en, in, ne, no, nu, oe, on, un.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-o-q-u"
 

+1 letter: quinones.

 

+2 letters: nonunique, quinoline.

 

+3 letters: conquering, ineloquent, quaternion, quinolines, ubiquinone.

 

+4 letters: cinquecento, quaternions, questioning, ubiquinones.

 

+5 letters: cinquecentos, hydroquinone, inconsequent, ineloquently, magniloquent, reconquering, unquestioned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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