TOXAPHENE

Meaning of TOXAPHENE in English

n. (Chemistry) poisonous chemical compound composed of chlorinated camphene (used as an insecticide and rodenticide)

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TOXAPHENE — noun Etymology: from Toxaphene, a trademark Date: 1947 a persistent chlorinated insecticide mixture with the approximate empirical formula C 10 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOXAPHENE — ˈtäksəˌfēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: from Toxaphene, a trademark : an insecticide obtained as a yellow waxy solid by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOXAPHENE — /tok"seuh feen'/ , n. Chem. an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOXAPHENE — noun Etymology: from Toxaphene, a trademark Date: 1947 : a persistent chlorinated insecticide mixture with the approximate empirical formula C …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOXAPHENE — [tox.a.phene] n [fr. Toxaphene, a trademark] (1947): an insecticide that is a complex mixture of chlorinated compounds
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOXAPHENE — a dense, yellowish, semisolid mixture of organic compounds made by chlorination of camphene (a hydrocarbon obtained from turpentine) and used …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOXAPHENE — Chemical that causes adverse health effects in domestic water supplies and is toxic to fresh water and marine aquatic life.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
TOXAPHENE — токсафен
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TOXAPHENE — токсафен
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TOXAPHENE — токсафен
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TOXAPHENE — токсафен
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TOXAPHENE — n. Pronunciation: ' täk-s ə - ˌ f ē n Function: noun Etymology: from Toxaphene, a trademark Date: 1947 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOXAPHENE (TOX-UH-FEEN) — A chemical that causes adverse health effects in domestic water supplies and also is toxic to freshwater and marine aquatic …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
CHLORINATED CAMPHENE — noun : toxaphene
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAMPHENE — ˈkamˌfēn, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary camph- + -ene : any of several terpenes related to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINENE — either of two colourless liquid hydrocarbons, a-pinene and b-pinene, occurring as major components of the essential oil of pine trees …
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STROBANE — (trademark), of a chlorine-containing organic compound used as an insecticide. See toxaphene.
Britannica English vocabulary
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS — Hydrocarbons that contain chlorine. These include a class of persistent insecticides that accumulate in the aquatic food chain. Among them …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
ТОКСАФЕН — Toxaphene
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