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trichloroethene

trichloroethene noun: synonym of trichloroethylene.

Noun

trichloroethene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethenes)

  1. Synonym of trichloroethylene.

Synonyms of trichloroethene

Forms of trichloroethene

pluraltrichloroethenes

Origin of trichloroethene

From tri- + chloro- + ethene (“eth- + -ene”).

Questions about trichloroethene

What does trichloroethene mean?
Trichloroethene means synonym of trichloroethylene.
What part of speech is trichloroethene?
Trichloroethene is a noun.
What is the plural of trichloroethene?
The plural of trichloroethene is trichloroethenes.

Words near trichloroethene in the dictionary

  1. trichlorodiphenyls
  2. trichloroethane
  3. trichloroethanes
  4. trichloroethanol
  5. trichloroethanols
  6. trichloroethene
  7. trichloroethenes
  8. trichloroethylene
  9. trichloroethylenes
  10. trichlorofluoromethane
  11. trichlorofluoromethanes

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