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trichloroethylenes

trichloroethylenes is the plural 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

Questions about trichloroethylenes

What is trichloroethylenes the plural of?
Trichloroethylenes is the plural of trichloroethylene.

Words near trichloroethylenes in the dictionary

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

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