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terchlorethylene

terchlorethylene noun: archaic name for trichloroethylene.

Noun

terchlorethylene (uncountable)

  1. archaic name for trichloroethylene

Origin of terchlorethylene

ter- + chlor- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)

Questions about terchlorethylene

What does terchlorethylene mean?
Terchlorethylene means archaic name for trichloroethylene.
What part of speech is terchlorethylene?
Terchlorethylene is a noun.

Words near terchlorethylene in the dictionary

  1. terces
  2. tercet
  3. tercets
  4. terchebin
  5. terchebulin
  6. terchlorethylene
  7. terchlorid
  8. terchloride
  9. terchlorides
  10. terchlorids
  11. tercian

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