DIELDRIN

Meaning of DIELDRIN in English

[ 'di:ldrɪn ]

■ noun an insecticide made by the oxidation of aldrin, now largely banned.

Origin

1940s: from the name of the German chemist Otto Diels + aldrin .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DIELDRIN — noun Etymology: Diels-Alder reaction (an addition reaction forming a 6-membered ring), after Otto Diels & Kurt Alder Date: circa 1949 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIELDRIN — ˈdēldrə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Diel s-Al der reaction + -in : a white crystalline insecticide consisting chiefly or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIELDRIN — /deel"drin/ , n. Chem. a light tan, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , used as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIELDRIN — n. poisonous chemical substance used to kill insects
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DIELDRIN — noun Etymology: Diel s-Al der reaction (an addition reaction forming a 6-membered ring), after Otto Diels & Kurt Alder Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIELDRIN — [diel.drin] n [Diels-Alder reaction (an addition reaction forming a 6-membered ring), after Otto Diels & Kurt Alder] (ca. 1949): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIELDRIN — chlorine-containing organic compound used as an insecticide; see aldrin.
Britannica English vocabulary
DIELDRIN — dieldrin BrE AmE ˈdiː ə ldr ɪn - ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIELDRIN — n. a crystalline insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin. [O. Diels, Ger. chemist d. 1954 + ALDRIN]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIELDRIN — n. a crystalline insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin. [ O. Diels, Ger. chemist d. 1954 + ALDRIN ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIELDRIN — n. a crystalline insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin. Etymology: O. Diels, Ger. chemist d. 1954 + ALDRIN
Oxford English vocab
DIELDRIN — дильдрин, диэлдрин
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIELDRIN — дильдрин, диэлдрин
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIELDRIN — дильдрин, диэлдрин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIELDRIN — дильдрин, диэлдрин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIELDRIN — n. Pronunciation: ' d ē l-dr ə n Function: noun Etymology: Diel s-Al der reaction (an addition reaction forming a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ORGANOCHLORINE — adjective Date: 1961 of, relating to, or being a chlorinated hydrocarbon and especially one used as a pesticide (as aldrin, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ENDRIN — noun Etymology: end- + dieldrin Date: 1952 a toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 O that is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
INSECTICIDE — Any of a large group of substances used to kill insect s. Such substances are mainly used to control pests …
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ORGANOCHLORINE — ȯr¦ganə, ¦ȯrgənōˌ adjective Etymology: organ- + chlorine (II) : of, relating to, or being a chlorinated hydrocarbon and especially one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYCLODIENE — "ˌ noun ( -s ) Etymology: cycl- + -diene : an organic insecticide (as aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane, or endosulfan) with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENDRIN — ˈendrə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: blend of end- and dieldrin : an insecticide C 12 H 8 Cl 6 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGANOCHLORINE — adjective Date: 1961 : of, relating to, or being a chlorinated hydrocarbon and especially one used as a pesticide (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ENDRIN — noun Etymology: end- + dield rin Date: 1952 : a toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 O …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
ORGANOCHLORINE — [or.gan.o.chlo.rine] adj (1961): of, relating to, or belonging to the chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides (as aldrin, DDT, or dieldrin) -- organochlorine …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ENDRIN — [en.drin] n [end- + dieldrin] (1952): a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide that is a stereoisomer of dieldrin and resembles dieldrin in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CYCLODIENE — [cy.clo.di.ene] n (1942): an organic insecticide (as dieldrin or chlordane) with a chlorinated methylene group forming a bridge across a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MALARIA — a serious, acute and chronic relapsing infection in humans, characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever, anemia, splenomegaly (enlargement …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECTICIDE — any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALDRIN — one of the several isomers (compounds with the same composition but different structures) of hexachlorohexahydrodimethanonaphthalene, a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as …
Britannica English vocabulary

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