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methylchloroform

methylchloroform noun: the chloroalkane 1,1,1-trichloroethane, once produced industrially as a solvent, banned due to ozone layer effects.

Noun

methylchloroform (uncountable)

  1. The chloroalkane 1,1,1-trichloroethane, once produced industrially as a solvent, banned due to ozone layer effects.

Origin of methylchloroform

From methyl + chloroform.

Questions about methylchloroform

What does methylchloroform mean?
Methylchloroform means the chloroalkane 1,1,1-trichloroethane, once produced industrially as a solvent, banned due to ozone layer effects.
What part of speech is methylchloroform?
Methylchloroform is a noun.

Words near methylchloroform in the dictionary

  1. methylcarbylamine
  2. methylcellulose
  3. methylcelluloses
  4. methylcephaeline
  5. methylchavicol
  6. methylchloroform
  7. methylchloroisothiazolinone
  8. methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid
  9. methylcholanthrene
  10. methylcholanthrenes
  11. methylcinnoline

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