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pentachloro

pentachloro noun: five chlorine atoms in a compound.

Noun

pentachloro (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Five chlorine atoms in a compound

Origin of pentachloro

From penta- + chloro-.

Questions about pentachloro

What does pentachloro mean?
Pentachloro means five chlorine atoms in a compound.
What part of speech is pentachloro?
Pentachloro is a noun.

Words near pentachloro in the dictionary

  1. pentacerotids
  2. pentacetate
  3. pentacetates
  4. pentachloride
  5. pentachlorides
  6. pentachloro
  7. pentachloroanisole
  8. pentachlorobenzene
  9. pentachlorobiphenyl
  10. pentachlorobiphenyls
  11. pentachlorocyclohexane

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