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tetrachlorophenol

tetrachlorophenol noun: any of three isomeric tetrachloro derivatives of phenol.

Noun

tetrachlorophenol (plural tetrachlorophenols)

  1. Any of three isomeric tetrachloro derivatives of phenol
    • 2,4,5-trichlorophenol was partially dechlorinated to 3,4-dichlorophenol, pentachlorophenol was partially dechlorinated to 3,4-dichlorophenol and an unidentified tetrachlorophenol.2015 February 24, Tobias Goris et al., “Draft genome sequence and characterization of Desulfitobacterium hafniense PCE-S”, in Standards in Genomic Sciences, volume 10, →DOI

Forms of tetrachlorophenol

pluraltetrachlorophenols

Origin of tetrachlorophenol

From tetrachloro + phenol.

Questions about tetrachlorophenol

What does tetrachlorophenol mean?
Tetrachlorophenol means any of three isomeric tetrachloro derivatives of phenol.
What part of speech is tetrachlorophenol?
Tetrachlorophenol is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrachlorophenol?
The plural of tetrachlorophenol is tetrachlorophenols.

Words near tetrachlorophenol in the dictionary

  1. tetrachlorohydroquinone
  2. tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
  3. tetrachloromethane
  4. tetrachloropalladate
  5. tetrachloropalladates
  6. tetrachlorophenol
  7. tetrachlorophenolphthalein
  8. tetrachlorophenols
  9. tetrachloroplatinate
  10. tetrachloroplatinates
  11. tetrachlorosilane

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