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perfluorinate

perfluorinate verb: to fluorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of fluorine to.

Verb

perfluorinate (third-person singular simple present perfluorinates, present participle perfluorinating, simple past and past participle perfluorinated)

  1. To fluorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of fluorine to.

Forms of perfluorinate

third-person singular presentperfluorinates
present participleperfluorinating
past participleperfluorinated
pastperfluorinated

Origin of perfluorinate

From per- + fluorinate.

Words formed from perfluorinate

Questions about perfluorinate

What does perfluorinate mean?
Perfluorinate means to fluorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of fluorine to.
What part of speech is perfluorinate?
Perfluorinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of perfluorinate?
The past tense of perfluorinate is perfluorinated.

Words near perfluorinate in the dictionary

  1. perflubron
  2. perflubutane
  3. perfluoralkyl
  4. perfluoric
  5. perfluoric acid
  6. perfluorinate
  7. perfluorinated
  8. perfluorination
  9. perfluoro
  10. perfluoro-
  11. perfluoroacetic acid

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