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fluorocarbon

fluorocarbon noun: any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.

Noun

fluorocarbon (plural fluorocarbons)

  1. Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.
    Synonyms:
    perfluorocarbon, PFC

fluorocarbon meaning in Tamil

fluorocarbon in Tamil

ஃபுளோரோ கார்பன்

Synonyms of fluorocarbon

Forms of fluorocarbon

pluralfluorocarbons

Origin of fluorocarbon

From fluoro- + carbon.

Words formed from fluorocarbon

Questions about fluorocarbon

What does fluorocarbon mean?
Fluorocarbon means any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.
What is fluorocarbon in Tamil?
Fluorocarbon in Tamil is ஃபுளோரோ கார்பன். See Fluorocarbon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fluorocarbon?
Fluorocarbon is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorocarbon?
The plural of fluorocarbon is fluorocarbons.

Words near fluorocarbon in the dictionary

  1. fluoroborates
  2. fluoroboric
  3. fluoroboric acid
  4. fluoroboroaluminosilicate
  5. fluorocannilloite
  6. fluorocarbon
  7. fluorocarbonate
  8. fluorocarbonates
  9. fluorocarbons
  10. fluorocarbonyl
  11. fluorochalcone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fluorocarbon (page history and authors); fluorocarbon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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