CHLORDANE

Meaning of CHLORDANE in English

[ 'klɔ:deɪn ]

■ noun a toxic, viscous, synthetic compound used as an insecticide.

Origin

1940s: from chlor- + (in)dene + -ane 2 .

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CHLORDANE — noun Etymology: chlor- + indane (C9H10) Date: 1947 a viscous volatile toxic liquid insecticide C 10 H 6 Cl 8 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHLORDANE — ˈklōrˌdān noun or chlor·dan -ˌdan ( -s ) Etymology: chlor- + in dane, in dan : a viscous usually amber-colored …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHLORDANE — /klawr"dayn, klohr"-/ , n. a colorless, viscous, water-insoluble, toxic liquid, C 10 H 6 Cl 8 , used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHLORDANE — n. chemical compound used as an insecticide
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CHLORDANE — noun Etymology: chlor- + in dane (C 9 H 10 ) Date: 1947 : a viscous volatile toxic liquid insecticide …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHLORDANE — [chlor.dane] n [chlor- + indane ] (1947): a highly chlorinated viscous volatile liquid insecticide
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CHLORDANE — a chlorinated cyclodiene that is the principal isomer formed in the preparation of a contact insecticide of the same name. …
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CHLORDANE — chlordane BrE AmE ˈklɔːd eɪn AmE \ ˈklɔːrd- ˈkloʊrd-
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CHLORDANE — n. Pronunciation: ' klo ̇ r- ˌ d ā n Function: noun Etymology: chlor- + in dane (C 9 H …
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CYCLODIENE — noun Date: 1942 an organic insecticide (as dieldrin or chlordane) with a chlorinated methylene group forming a bridge across a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHLORDAN — noun see chlordane
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LESSEN — I. ˈles ə n verb ( lessened ; lessened ; lessening -s( ə )niŋ ; lessens ) Etymology: Middle English …
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CYCLODIENE — "ˌ noun ( -s ) Etymology: cycl- + -diene : an organic insecticide (as aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane, or endosulfan) with …
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HEPTACHLOR — ˈheptəˌklō(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: heptachloro-, from hepta- + chlor- : a solid insecticide C 10 H 5 Cl …
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CYCLODIENE — noun Date: 1942 : an organic insecticide (as dieldrin or chlordane) with a chlorinated methylene group forming a bridge across …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CYCLODIENE — [cy.clo.di.ene] n (1942): an organic insecticide (as dieldrin or chlordane) with a chlorinated methylene group forming a bridge across a …
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INSECTICIDE — any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated …
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HEPTACHLOR — insecticide closely related to chlordane (q.v.).
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ENVIRONMENT — Gardening The wet weather that plagued much of northwestern Europe during the fall and winter of 1998 continued through the …
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PROPRIETARY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN brand ▪ If you suspect a true external fungus infection treat with proprietary brand …
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DIFFUSE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB widely ▪ The ideology of royal power was already widely diffused in Charles's …
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POISON — n. 25B6; noun a deadly poison : TOXIN, toxicant, venom; archaic bane. See lists. Marianne would spread her poison : …
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CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS — Hydrocarbons that contain chlorine. These include a class of persistent insecticides that accumulate in the aquatic food chain. Among them …
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