/hek'seuh klawr'oh eth"ayn, -klohr'-/ , n.
a colorless crystalline compound, C 2 Cl 6 , with a camphorlike odor, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in organic synthesis and pyrotechnics, as a retarding agent in fermentation, and as a solvent. Also called carbon hexachloride, perchloroethane .
[ 1895-1900; HEXA- + CHLOROETHANE ]