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trichloroethylene

/trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/

trichloroethylene noun: the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.

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

Synonyms of trichloroethylene

Forms of trichloroethylene

pluraltrichloroethylenes
alternative formtrichlorethylene

Origin of trichloroethylene

tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)

Questions about trichloroethylene

What does trichloroethylene mean?
Trichloroethylene means the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.
What part of speech is trichloroethylene?
Trichloroethylene is a noun.
How do you pronounce trichloroethylene?
Trichloroethylene is pronounced /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/.
What is the plural of trichloroethylene?
The plural of trichloroethylene is trichloroethylenes.

Words near trichloroethylene in the dictionary

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

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