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trifluoroethanol

trifluoroethanol noun: any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol.

Noun

trifluoroethanol (plural trifluoroethanols)

  1. Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol
    Synonyms:
    TFE, trifluoroethyl alcohol

Synonyms of trifluoroethanol

  • TFE
  • trifluoroethyl alcohol

Forms of trifluoroethanol

pluraltrifluoroethanols

Origin of trifluoroethanol

From tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol.

Words formed from trifluoroethanol

Questions about trifluoroethanol

What does trifluoroethanol mean?
Trifluoroethanol means any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol.
What part of speech is trifluoroethanol?
Trifluoroethanol is a noun.
What is the plural of trifluoroethanol?
The plural of trifluoroethanol is trifluoroethanols.

Words near trifluoroethanol in the dictionary

  1. trifluoroborate
  2. trifluoroborates
  3. trifluoroethane
  4. trifluoroethaneperoxoic acid
  5. trifluoroethanes
  6. trifluoroethanol
  7. trifluoroethanols
  8. trifluoroethyl
  9. trifluoroethylamine
  10. trifluoroethylamines
  11. trifluoroiodomethane

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