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fluorocarbon

noun

Etymology

From fluoro- + carbon.

  1. derived from *kerh₃-✻ — “to burn”
  2. derived from carbō — “charcoal, coal”
  3. borrowed from carbone
  4. formed as fluorocarbon — “fluoro- + carbon”

Definitions

  1. Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by…

    Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fluorocarbon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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