The Nemi Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Chemical Terms Two chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full. (1,185) ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLPHE YLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTY PROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLSE YLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYL LUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINY GLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYL LANYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL ASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYLARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVA YLLEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL HREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLISOLEUCYLIS LEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLPROLYLTH EONYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLARGINYL RGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLSE YLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMYLLE CYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYLTHREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLA PARAGINYLTHREONYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVA YLTRYPTOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE = Tobacco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOPTHAI Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Chemical TermsTwo chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full. (1,185) ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLPHE YLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTY PROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLSE YLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYL LUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINY GLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYL LANYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL ASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYLARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVA YLLEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL HREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLISOLEUCYLIS LEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLPROLYLTH EONYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLARGINYL RGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLSE YLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMYLLE CYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYLTHREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLA PARAGINYLTHREONYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVA YLTRYPTOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE = Tobacco <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I need a 10G memory to remember that! That reminds me of "chain smoking" though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnoorsapl Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 remind me to include this in the spelling bee contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 More useless info. on long words ENGLISH LANGUAGE The English Language has the most amount of words compared to any other language. There were originally 24 letters in the alphabet. 'U' was added, which was followed by 'J'. The Guiness Book of Records declares (1992 edition) that the official 'longest real word' in the English language is: 'floccinaucinihilipilification'. Defined as 'estimating or categorizing something as worthless', like this thread or trivia. Its usage has been recorder as far back as 1741. 'Antidisestablishmentarianism' (a movement opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is often popularly accepted as English's longest word, and is probably the best-known 'longest word.' Adding on some prefixes and suffixes can give you: 'contraneoantidisestablishmentarianalistically' which means 'behaving in the manner of a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement.' Cool, eh? Well, how about adding on another two prefixes? 'Propseudocontraneoantidisestablishmentarianalisti cally' is defined as 'in favour of the false behaviour in the manner of a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement.' This is cool. 'Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' comes in at 45 letters and means 'a lung disease that (usually) miner's get from inhaling fine silica or quartz dust.' 'Humuhumunukunukuapua'a' is Hawaii's unofficial state fish. If you're looking for a really long word, then turn to 'mitochondrial DNA.' Imagine the code of someone's DNA written down. Confirmed and cited by Guiness Book of Records, it's a 207,000+ letter word. 'Unbitriquadpenthexseptoctennillium' is the name of a hypothetical element with atomic number 1234567890. 'Sexmilliaquingentsexagintillion' is the name for 10 to the power of 19683. 'Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain' is named: 'Acetyl*seryl*tyrosyl*seryl*isoleucyl*threonyl*ser yl*prolyl*seryl*glutaminyl*phenyl*alanyl*valyl*phe nyl*alanyl*leucyl*seryl*seryl*valyl*tryptophyl*ala nyl*aspartyl*prolyl*isoleucyl*glutamyl*leucyl*leuc yl*asparaginyl*valyl*cysteinyl*threonyl*seryl*sery l*leucyl*glycyl*asparaginyl*glutaminyl*phenyl*alan yl*glutaminyl*threonyl*glutaminyl*glutaminyl*alany l*arginyl*threonyl*threonyl*glutaminyl*valyl*gluta minyl*glutaminyl*phenyl*alanyl*seryl*glutaminyl*va lyl*tryptophyl*lysyl*prolyl*phenyl*alanyl*proly*lg lutaminyl*seryl*threonyl*valyl*arginyl*phenyl*alan yl*prolyl*glycyl*aspartyl*valyl*tyrosyl*lysyl*valy l*tyrosyl*arginyl*tyrosyl*asparaginyl*alanyl*valyl *leucyl*aspartyl*prolyl*leucyl*isoleucyl*threonyl* alanyl*leucyl*leucyl*glycyl*threonyl*phenyl*alanyl *aspartyl*threonyl*arginyl*asparaginyl*arginyl*iso leucyl*isoleucyl*glutamyl*valyl*glutamyl*asparagin yl*glutaminyl*glutaminyl*seryl*prolyl*threonyl*thr eonyl*alanyl*glutamyl*threonyl*leucyl*aspartyl*ala nyl*threonyl*arginyl*arginyl*valyl*aspartyl*aspart yl*alanyl*threonyl*valyl*alanyl*isoleucyl*arginyl* seryl*alanyl*asparaginyl*isoleucyl*asparaginyl*leu cyl*valyl*asparaginyl*glutamyl*leucyl*valyl*arginy l*glycyl*threonyl*glycyl*leucyl*tyro'. According to the Guinness Book of Records, 18th edition, it is the longest chemical word for C1289H2051N343O375S8 (note: all letters are supposed to be above the numbers, like powers or the <sup> tag): '*thionyl*glutaminyl*arginyl*tyrosylglutamylseryll eucylphenyl*alanyl*alanyl*glutaminyl*leucyllysylgl utamylarginyl*lysylglutamylglycylalanyl*phenyl*ala nyl*valylprolylphenyl*alanyl*valylthreonyl*leucylg lycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutamin yl*serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonyl*leucy lisoleucylglutamylalanyl*glycylalanyl*aspartylalan yl*leucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenyl *alanyl*serylaspartylprolylleucylalanyl*aspartylgl ycylprolylthreonyl*isoleucylglutaminyl*asparaginyl *alanyl*threonyl*leucylarginyl*alanyl*phenyl*alany l*alanyl*alanyl*glycylvalylthreonyl*prolylalanyl*g lutaminyl*cysteinyl*phenyl*alanyl*glutamylme*thion yl*leucylalanyl*leucylisoleucylarginyl*glutaminyl* lysylhistidylprolylthreonyl*isoleucylprolylisoleuc ylglycylleucylleucylme*thionyl*tyrosylalanyl*aspar aginyl*leucylvalylphenyl*alanyl*asparaginyl*lysylg lycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyl*alanyl*tyrosy lalanyl*glutaminyl*cysteinyl*glutamyllysylvalylgly cylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanyl*aspart ylvalylprolylvalylglutaminyl*glutamylserylalanyl*p rolylphenyl*alanyl*arginyl*glutaminyl*alanyl*alany l*leucylarginyl*histidylasparaginyl*valylalanyl*pr olylisoleucylphenyl*alanyl*isoleucylcysteinyl*prol ylprolylaspartylalanyl*aspartylaspartylaspartylleu cylleucylarginyl*glutaminyl*isoleucylalanyl*serylt yrosylglycylarginyl*glycyltyrosylthreonyl*tyrosyll eucylleucylserylarginyl*alanyl*glycylvalylthreonyl *glycylalanyl*glutamylasparaginyl*arginyl*alanyl*a lanyl*leucylprolylleucylasparaginyl*histidylleucyl valylalanyl*lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparag inyl*alanyl*alanyl*prolylprolylleucylglutaminyl*gl ycylphenyl*alanyl*glycylisoleucylserylalanyl*proly laspartylglutaminyl*valyllysylalanyl*alanyl*isoleu cylaspartylalanyl*glycylalanyl*alanyl*glycylalanyl *isoleucylserylglycylserylalanyl*isoleucylvalyllys ylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl*histidylasp araginyl*isoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylme*th ionyl*leucylalanyl*alanyl*leucyllysylvalylphenyl*a lanyl*valylglutaminyl*prolylme*thionyl*lysylalanyl *alanyl*threonyl*arginyl*serine.' 'Taumatawhakatang*ihangakoauauot*amateaturipukaka* pikimaunga*horonuku*pokaiwhenuak*itanatahu' (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand. The word 'sesquipedalian' means 'a long word'. English is the first language in Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados (Caribbean English), Bermuda, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica (Jamaican English), New Zealand (New Zealand English), Antigua, St. Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom (British English) and the United States of America (American English). A computerized survey of about 80,000 words in the old Shorter Oxford Dictionary (3rd edition) was published in Ordered Profusion by Thomas Finkenstaedt and Dieter Wolff (1973) which estimated the origin of English words as follows: * French, including Old French and early Anglo-French: 28.3% * Latin, including modern scientific and technical Latin: 28.24% * Old and Middle English, Old Norse, and Dutch: 25% * Greek: 5.32% * No etymology given: 4.03% * Derived from proper names: 3.28% * All other languages contributed less than 1% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOPTHAI Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Wow, I am having spells of headache reading those words! Hopefully the successful mapping of the human body's DNA and genetic profiles will not give the English Language an opportunity to come up with a matching word that goes as long as the DNA chain!! Not only size does matter, now length does matter. In no time Bangkok's original Thai version will be surpassed by another English sounding city. You might have "citybuiltanddevelopedatthecongruentoftwomuddyriversthatstacksedimentsontheb nks" to define KUALA LUMPUR, for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nemi Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 lol CROSSY......... It seems u had more info that me Nice to see u interested in playing with da words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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