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tetrachlorethylene

tetrachlorethylene is the alternative form of tetrachloroethylene.

Meaning of tetrachloroethylene

Noun

tetrachloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural tetrachloroethylenes)

  1. A liquid chlorocarbon with the formula C₂Cl₄, commonly used in dry cleaning and metal degreasing.
    • Uses of tetrachloroethylene have included dry cleaning, degreasing, deworming, and others, but its use is now curtailed as compared with decades ago.

Forms of tetrachlorethylene

pluraltetrachlorethylenes

Questions about tetrachlorethylene

What is tetrachlorethylene the alternative form of?
Tetrachlorethylene is the alternative form of tetrachloroethylene.

Words near tetrachlorethylene in the dictionary

  1. tetracetates
  2. tetrachain
  3. tetrachenium
  4. tetrachloraurate
  5. tetrachloraurates
  6. tetrachlorethylene
  7. tetrachlorethylenes
  8. tetrachlorid
  9. tetrachloride
  10. tetrachlorides
  11. tetrachlorids

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