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organochlorine

organochlorine noun: any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc.

Noun

organochlorine (plural organochlorines)

  1. Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc.

Adjective

organochlorine (not comparable)

  1. containing chlorine

organochlorine meaning in Tamil

organochlorine in Tamil

கரிமக் குளோரின்

Synonyms of organochlorine

Forms of organochlorine

pluralorganochlorines

Origin of organochlorine

From organo- + chlorine.

Questions about organochlorine

What does organochlorine mean?
Organochlorine means any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc.
What is organochlorine in Tamil?
Organochlorine in Tamil is கரிமக் குளோரின். See Organochlorine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is organochlorine?
Organochlorine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of organochlorine?
The plural of organochlorine is organochlorines.

Words near organochlorine in the dictionary

  1. organochalcogens
  2. organochemical
  3. organochloride
  4. organochlorides
  5. organochlorinated
  6. organochlorine
  7. organochlorines
  8. organochloroaluminate
  9. organochromium
  10. organoclastic
  11. organoclay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: organochlorine (page history and authors); organochlorine (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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