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halocarbon

noun

Etymology

From halo- + carbon.

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

Definitions

  1. any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom…

    any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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