what is the longest scientific term you can think of

[Chooco]

just off the top of my head:
3-methyl-4-ethyl-5-isopropyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene

lol, science names have to be so long. i can't wait to see a biology one




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[CTho9305]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

 

[Chooco]

is that a real word?
antidisistablishmentarianism this isn't a science one though

 

[Shalmanese]

The chemical formula for the human genome?

 

[Agent004]

<< The chemical formula for the human genome? >>



LOL, that's a a very very long word, if it is one

 

[JSang]

yeah its a real word...i was about to post it
its a bacteria found in the small particles of volcanic rock
or at least thats what my 3rd grade teacher told me

 

[Chooco]

my grade 3 teacher didn't know how to spell scorpion so i wouldn't know

 

[Degenerate]

<< The chemical formula for the human genome? >>

I second that

 

[N8Magic]

<< is that a real word?
antidisistablishmentarianism this isn't a science one though >>



Proper spelling: antidisestablishmentarianism

 

[Chooco]

my chemist friend showed me this one, it was actually posted in a chemical paper, there were longer ones, but they were never officially published:

ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYL-
THREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYL-
PHENYLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL-
SERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL-
ASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL-
LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYL-
THREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYL-
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYL-
GLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL-
ALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYL-
GLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL-
PHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL-
TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYL-
PROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL-
ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL-
ASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYL-
ARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL-
LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYL-
THREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL-
THREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYL-
ARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLISOLEUCYL-
ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL-
ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL-
PROLYLTHREONYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMYL-
THREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL-
ARGINYLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL-
ALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYL-
ARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL-
ASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYL-
GLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL-
THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYL-
GLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYL-
PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYL-
SERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYL-
THREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE

 

[dowxp]

i cant help it at 5am.



my peen.

i have no idea if that was funny at all or not. =\

 

[Sahakiel]

<< my chemist friend showed me this one, it was actually posted in a chemical paper, there were longer ones, but they were never officially published:" >>



Chemist? Hm.... I think it's time for me to consider changing majors...

 

[Chooco]

be a physicist, physics is fun

 

[Agent004]

<< be a physicist, physics is fun >>



*cough*

Try maths for bed time stories, you can't sleep with it and you can't sleep without it

BTW, Chooco, how would you pronounce that 'word' ??

 

[joohang]

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<< The chemical formula for the human genome? >>

I second that >>

 

[Chooco]

it's phonetical

try not to do math at night because you will get stuck on 1 thing and not be able to sleep for 3 days because you can't figure it ou

 

[nirgis]

Sorry to rain on your party, but how is this at all highly technical? This sort of topic is best left to off topic

 

[Chooco]

it relates to science, everything science based is in highly technical. no need for more posts here though.

 

[hoihtah]

by the look of the topic... this thread belongs in the OT.

however, by the words that are being displayed...
it definately belongs somewhere between OT and HT.

 

[Evadman]

The longest word is smiles, because there is a mile between the 2 s's. Also, the word that follows the announcement, "And now a word from our sponsor" is pretty long too.

Ctho is correct. He has the longest word. I know that because we have to protect from that where I work ( @home Depot ) as Concrete is not good to inhale

 

[Adul]

umm damn...

 

[thorin]

I don't have anything really long for you but there are some words, names, and phrases that just sound great.

Like my fav from Gr 13 Biology:

Endoplasmic Reticulum

And one that everyone knows:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Thorin

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

 

[Howard]

Endoplasmic Reticulum

I need more sleep. For a second I thought that was rectum.

 

[Calundronius]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

sesquipedalia - n. A very long word. And if you do the etymology, you'll find that it means "a foot and a half".

I was going to recommend "ethylenediaminetetraacetates" as the longest, but Chooco has me beat by a few letters.