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trifluoride

trifluoride noun: any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule.

Noun

trifluoride (plural trifluorides)

  1. any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule

Forms of trifluoride

pluraltrifluorides

Origin of trifluoride

From tri- + fluoride.

Words formed from trifluoride

Questions about trifluoride

What does trifluoride mean?
Trifluoride means any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule.
What part of speech is trifluoride?
Trifluoride is a noun.
What is the plural of trifluoride?
The plural of trifluoride is trifluorides.

Words near trifluoride in the dictionary

  1. trifluoperazines
  2. trifluoracetate
  3. trifluoracetates
  4. trifluoracetic
  5. trifluoramine
  6. trifluoride
  7. trifluorides
  8. trifluoro
  9. trifluoroacetamide
  10. trifluoroacetate
  11. trifluoroacetates

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