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tetrachloromethane

tetrachloromethane noun: carbon tetrachloride.

Noun

tetrachloromethane (uncountable)

  1. Carbon tetrachloride.

Origin of tetrachloromethane

From tetrachloro + methane.

Questions about tetrachloromethane

What does tetrachloromethane mean?
Tetrachloromethane means carbon tetrachloride.
What part of speech is tetrachloromethane?
Tetrachloromethane is a noun.

Words near tetrachloromethane in the dictionary

  1. tetrachloroethylene
  2. tetrachloroethylenes
  3. tetrachlorogermane
  4. tetrachlorohydroquinone
  5. tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
  6. tetrachloromethane
  7. tetrachloropalladate
  8. tetrachloropalladates
  9. tetrachlorophenol
  10. tetrachlorophenolphthalein
  11. tetrachlorophenols

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