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tetrachloroethylenes

tetrachloroethylenes is the plural 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.

Questions about tetrachloroethylenes

What is tetrachloroethylenes the plural of?
Tetrachloroethylenes is the plural of tetrachloroethylene.

Words near tetrachloroethylenes in the dictionary

  1. tetrachloroethane
  2. tetrachloroethanes
  3. tetrachloroethene
  4. tetrachloroethoxy
  5. tetrachloroethylene
  6. tetrachloroethylenes
  7. tetrachlorogermane
  8. tetrachlorohydroquinone
  9. tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
  10. tetrachloromethane
  11. tetrachloropalladate

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