Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

CATECHOL

Specialty Definition: CATECHOL

DomainDefinition

Chemistry

The crystalline portion of cutch, rich in catechin. Source: European Union. (references)

Fine Arts

Developer. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A chemical originally isolated from a type of mimosa tree. Catechol is used as an astringent, an antiseptic, and in photography, electroplating, and making other chemicals. It can also be man-made. (references)

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

Top     

Crosswords: CATECHOL

English words defined with "CATECHOL": Pyrocatechin. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CATECHOL": Catechol O-Methyltransferase, Catechol OxidaseMonophenol Monooxygenase. (references)

Top     

Commercial Usage: CATECHOL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Catechol Estrogens (reference)

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

    (more book examples)

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

Top     

Usage Frequency: CATECHOL

"CATECHOL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CATECHOL" is used about 5 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%5157,705

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

Top     

Expressions: CATECHOL

Expressions using "CATECHOL": Catechol O-Methyltransferase Catechol Oxidase. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CATECHOL": catechol-o-methyltransferase.

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

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CATECHOL

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

catechol

16

catechol oxidase

4

catechol physical properties

2

catechol structure

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

Top     

Modern Translation: CATECHOL

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

Chinese 

  

邻苯二酚 (pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Danish

  

catechol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechin (catechin, catechol tannin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechin, P-vitamin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katechin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

catechol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechine (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechien (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechine, o-dihydroxybenzeen (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), lichtkleurige katechu (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kateku (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekiini (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

French

  

catéchol (catechin, catechu), catéchine (catechin, catechu), vitamine P (catechin, catechu), pyrocatéchol (catechin, catechu), pyrocatéchine. (various references)

   

German

  

Catechol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Catechin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Pyrocatechin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Hellkatechu (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Brenzkatechin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Brenzcatechin (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυροκατεχίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

citrina (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecolo (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechina (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecù pallido (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), vitamina P (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pirocatecolo (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pirocatechina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atecholcay

   

Portuguese

  

catequina (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechina (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), vitamina P (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), extracto de catechu/cachu (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

catecol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), cachú claro (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), vitamina P (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pirocatequina, pirocatecol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

o-difenol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekol (catechin, catechu, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Derivations: CATECHOL

Derivations

Words beginning with "CATECHOL": catecholamine, catecholaminergic, catecholamines, catechols. (additional references)

Words ending with "CATECHOL": pyrocatechol. (additional references)

Words containing "CATECHOL": pyrocatechols. (additional references)

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

Top     

Anagrams: CATECHOL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-t"

-1 letter: cholate, cochlea.

-2 letters: cachet, chalet, chalot, cloche, clothe, loathe, locate, thecal.

-3 letters: altho, cache, catch, cecal, cheat, chela, clach, cleat, cloth, coach, coact, eclat, haole, helot, hotel, latch, lathe, leach, letch, loach, loath, lotah, octal, tache, teach, theca, thole.

-4 letters: ache, alec, aloe, alto, calo, cate, ceca, celt, chao, chat, clot, coal, coat, coca.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-t"
 

+1 letter: catchpole, catechols, chocolate, facecloth.

 

+2 letters: catchpoles, chalcocite, chocolates, chocolatey, coelacanth, facecloths.

 

+3 letters: catholicate, catholicize, chalcocites, chocolatier, cholestatic, coelacanths.

 

+4 letters: biotechnical, catholicates, catholicized, catholicizes, catholicoses, chalcopyrite, chocolatiers, cytochemical, echolocation, geotechnical, heterocercal, machicolated, nontechnical, pyrocatechol, theocratical, zootechnical.

 

+5 letters: acetylcholine, catecholamine, catholicities, cephalometric, chalcopyrites, collenchymata, echolocations, histochemical, petrochemical, phallocentric, photochemical, phytochemical, pyrocatechols, pyrotechnical, scholasticate, schoolteacher, technological.

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

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.