did you know the longest word in the world is...?

Question

did you know the longest word in the world is 3640 letters long, i promise, it was a science word, but don ask me to say it, i have no clue!

sorry i never copied the word, i guess i should have, but you can look it up on theweb, i found it once on the web!

i dont have the link, sorry i looked it up about 2 weeks ago buti wrote down how long it was! i found it at some site that a guy ran and he was a real science person

Answer 1

There is actually a debate on what exactly is the longest word. Some will say that a scientific name for a protien would be the longest word, looking something like this........

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphen-
ylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta-
mylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthre-
onylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylgluta-
minlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleu-
cylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylle-
ucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleu-
celalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylaspa-
raginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylal-
anylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphen-
ylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl-
glutaminyllysylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleuc-
ylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasbaraginylleucyl-
valylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglut-
amylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyll-
ysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylaspart-
ylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny-
lalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasp-
araginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcystei-
nylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylle-
ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylargin-
ylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginyla-
nylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalan-
yllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanypro-
lylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycylisoleyucyls-
erylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisol-
eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylse-
rylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylgluta-
mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglu-0
tamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylpheny-
lalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreo-
nylarginylserine.

Others believe you can not count this as an actual word however due to the fact that you can always add another amino acid and make it larger. You also never see a word like this printed in literature.

The longest english word I believe is PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS, which is a lung disease of some sort.

Frank Folsom cited the longest word as being a welsh word for the name of a city

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogoch

but the city is usually just called Llanfair.

Answer 2

This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word. It is: -

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphen-
ylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta-
mylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthre-
onylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylgluta-
minlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleu-
cylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylle-
ucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleu-
celalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylaspa-
raginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylal-
anylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphen-
ylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl-
glutaminyllysylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleuc-
ylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasbaraginylleucyl-
valylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglut-
amylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyll-
ysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylaspart-
ylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny-
lalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasp-
araginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcystei-
nylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylle-
ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylargin-
ylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginyla-
nylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalan-
yllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanypro-
lylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycylisoleyucyls-
erylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisol-
eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylse-
rylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylgluta-
mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglu-0
tamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylpheny-
lalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreo-
nylarginylserine.

This is the longest word in the world!!

Answer 3

3640 sounds awfully long, but I don't doubt there are plenty of science (especially medical) terms appreciably longer than the infamous antidisestablishmentarianism (which I understand was a contrived term right from the start, which in fact proves the point I'm about to make). But I would argue that these "longest word in the dictionary" candidates are a bit of a fraud, in the sense that the actual word, the root, is quite short and the excessive length is achieved by tacking on countless suffixes which specify the cause, location, direction, etc. of the root condition/object. In conventional english these would simply be separate adjectives/adverbs making for a long sentence, but average length words.

Answer 4

Do you mean this word?

The full name is:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl- glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyl- valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyl- isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartyl- glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl- arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanyl- glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyl- isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl- isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyl- phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylseryl- valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylseryl- alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl- asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyl- prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl- leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl- arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyl- lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl- glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartyl- glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl- glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

Answer 5

From what I know, the longest non-chemical word would be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It first appeared in Webster's 3rd or something like that and has been the longest word in the dictionary since. Check out the site though.

Answer 6

So what´s the word?

Answer 7

I just figured it was supercalafragalisticexpialidocious.

I typed in the whole word, but it will not show all of it.

Answer 8

What is the word though

Answer 9

Yeah!

Answer 10

that's the word of a protein chain, made from aminoacids....