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trichlorethylene

trichlorethylene is the alternative form of trichloroethylene.

Meaning of trichloroethylene

Noun

trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)

  1. The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.
    • The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts.
    Synonyms:
    TCE, trichloroethene

Forms of trichlorethylene

pluraltrichlorethylenes

Questions about trichlorethylene

What is trichlorethylene the alternative form of?
Trichlorethylene is the alternative form of trichloroethylene.

Words near trichlorethylene in the dictionary

  1. trichlamide
  2. trichlor
  3. trichloracetic
  4. trichloramine
  5. trichloramines
  6. trichlorethylene
  7. trichlorethylenes
  8. trichlorfon
  9. trichlorhydrin
  10. trichlorid
  11. trichloride

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