Isopropyl Alcohol

  

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Isopropyl Alcohol

Definition: Isopropyl Alcohol

Isopropyl Alcohol

Noun

1. Alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent.

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


Synonym: Isopropyl Alcohol

Synonym: isopropanol (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Isopropyl alcohol

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol is a common name for 2-propanol, an alcohol commonly used for application to the skin, and popularly referred to as rubbing alcohol. Its chemical structure is:

The alcohol-based sterilizing swabs used to clean skin before injections contain a 30% solution of isopropanol in water.

Isopropyl alcohol is also commonly used as a cleaner and solvent in industry.

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

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Crosswords: Isopropyl Alcohol

English words defined with "isopropyl alcohol": rubbing alcohol. (references)
Specialty definitions using "isopropyl alcohol": drunk mouse syndrome. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Isopropyl Alcohol

DomainTitle

Books

  • Isopropyl Alcohol [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Isopropyl Alcohol

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Business

Annual imports of raw materials and intermediates is around $100 million, among which the largest quantity is from aliphatic alcohol, including isopropyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, octyl alcohol and propylene glycol. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Isopropyl Alcohol

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

isopropyl alcohol

121

99 isopropyl alcohol

9

70 isopropyl alcohol

3

isopropyl alcohol 100

2
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Modern Translation: Isopropyl Alcohol

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

Danish

  

isopropylalkohol. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

isopropylalcohol. (various references)

   

French

  

alcool isopropylique, alcool isopropyle. (various references)

   

German

  

Isopropylalkohol, IPA. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φόρος κατανάλωσης ισοπροπυλικής αλκοόλης (duty on isopropyl alcohol). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

izopropilalkohol (2-propanol). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alcool isopropilico. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isopropylay alcoholay

   

Portuguese

  

alcool isopropilo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alcohol isopropilo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Isopropyl Alcohol

Misspellings

"Isopropyl Alcohol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: isoproyl alcohol. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Isopropyl Alcohol

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-y"

-4 letters: polyalcohols.

-5 letters: polyalcohol.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Isopropyl Alcohol


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 73 6F 70 72 6F 70 79 6C      41 6C 63 6F 68 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01110011 01101111 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01111001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01101100 01100011 01101111 01101000 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#115 &#111 &#112 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#121 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#108 &#99 &#111 &#104 &#111 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0073 006F 0070 0072 006F 0070 0079 006C      0041 006C 0063 006F 0068 006F 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438581828481829178235786981748178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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