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defluorinating

defluorinating is the present participle and gerund of defluorinate.

Meaning of defluorinate

Verb

defluorinate (third-person singular simple present defluorinates, present participle defluorinating, simple past and past participle defluorinated)

  1. to remove or reduce fluorine or fluoride
    • Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful.

Questions about defluorinating

What is defluorinating the present participle and gerund of?
Defluorinating is the present participle and gerund of defluorinate.

Words near defluorinating in the dictionary

  1. defluoridation
  2. defluoridations
  3. defluorinate
  4. defluorinated
  5. defluorinates
  6. defluorinating
  7. defluorination
  8. defluorinative
  9. defluous
  10. deflux
  11. defluxion

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