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fluoroplastic

fluoroplastic noun: any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon chain by atoms of fluorine.

Noun

fluoroplastic (plural fluoroplastics)

  1. Any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon chain by atoms of fluorine

Forms of fluoroplastic

pluralfluoroplastics

Origin of fluoroplastic

From fluoro- + plastic.

Questions about fluoroplastic

What does fluoroplastic mean?
Fluoroplastic means any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon chain by atoms of fluorine.
What part of speech is fluoroplastic?
Fluoroplastic is a noun.
What is the plural of fluoroplastic?
The plural of fluoroplastic is fluoroplastics.

Words near fluoroplastic in the dictionary

  1. fluorophotometers
  2. fluorophotometric
  3. fluorophotometry
  4. fluoropicolinamide
  5. fluoropicolinamides
  6. fluoroplastic
  7. fluoroplastics
  8. fluoropolarimetric
  9. fluoropolarimetry
  10. fluoropolymer
  11. fluoropolymers

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