FLUOROCARBON

Meaning of FLUOROCARBON in English

noun

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The Pertex shell has a fluorocarbon hydrophilic coating which is very effective in showers - water just rolls off.

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Vastly more fluorocarbons must have been released in the industrialised north.

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FLUOROCARBON — noun Date: 1937 any of various chemically inert compounds containing carbon and fluorine used chiefly as lubricants, refrigerants, nonstick coatings, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLUOROCARBON — “+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fluor- + carbon : any of a class of chemically inert compounds (as tetrafluoroethylene) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLUOROCARBON — /floor'oh kahr'beuhn, flawr"-, flohr"-/ , n. Chem. any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLUOROCARBON — n. any of several compounds composed of carbon and fluorine (Chemistry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLUOROCARBON — noun Date: 1937 : any of various chemically inert compounds containing carbon and fluorine used chiefly as lubricants, refrigerants, nonstick …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLUOROCARBON — ■ noun Chemistry a compound formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon with fluorine …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLUOROCARBON — [fluo.ro.car.bon] n (1937): any of various chemically inert compounds containing carbon and fluorine used chiefly as lubricants, refrigerants, nonstick coatings, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLUOROCARBON — compound composed of the elements carbon and fluorine; see halocarbon.
Britannica English vocabulary
FLUOROCARBON — fluo ‧ ro ‧ car ‧ bon /ˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən $ ˌflʊroʊˈkɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: fluorine …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLUOROCARBON — n. a compound formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon with fluorine atoms.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLUOROCARBON — n. a compound formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon with fluorine atoms.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLUOROCARBON — n. a compound formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon with fluorine atoms.
Oxford English vocab
FLUOROCARBON — [noun] [C] [specialized] - a chemical containing fluorine and carbon, with various industrial usesSee also CFC.
Cambridge English vocab
FLUOROCARBON — The liquid vaporized in Vapor Phase reflow soldering.
Electronics Terminology English vocabulary
FLUOROCARBON — фторуглерод - fluorocarbon polymer
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLUOROCARBON — фторуглерод
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FLUOROCARBON — фторуглерод - fluorocarbon polymer
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLUOROCARBON — n. Pronunciation: ˌ flu ̇ r- ō - ' kär-b ə n, ˌ flo ̇ r- Function: noun Date: 1937 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TEFLON — Trademark for a polymer of tetrafluoroethylene fluorocarbon (polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE]). Teflon is a tough, waxy, nonflammable organic compound with a slippery …
Английский словарь Британика
HYDROFLUOROCARBON — ¦hīdrōˌ noun Etymology: hydr- + fluorocarbon : any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON — ¦hīdrōˌ noun Etymology: hydr- + chlor + fluorocarbon : any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, fluorine, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALOCARBON — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ noun Etymology: hal- + carbon (I) : any of various compounds (as a fluorocarbon) of carbon and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHLOROFLUOROCARBON — ¦klōrə, ¦klȯr-ˌ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary chlor- + fluorocarbon : any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE — |te.trə|flüərō+ noun Etymology: tetra- + fluor- + ethylene : a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon CF 2 . CF 2 used in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLUOROCHEMICAL — “+ noun Etymology: fluor- + chemical : any of various chemical compounds containing fluorine ; especially : an organic compound …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEFLON — /tef"lon/ 1. Trademark. a fluorocarbon polymer with slippery, nonsticking properties; polytetrafluoroethylene. adj. 2. characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCOTCHGARD — /skoch"gahrd'/ , Trademark. a brand name for a fluorocarbon chemical used for the treatment of upholstery and other fabrics to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FREON — /free"on/ , Trademark. a brand name for any of a class of liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon products, used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLUORO- — 1. a combining form with the meanings "fluorine," "fluoride," used in the formation of compound words: fluorocarbon. 2. a combining …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHLOROFLUOROCARBON — /klawr'oh floor'oh kahr"beuhn, -flawr'-; klohr'oh floor'oh kahr"beuhn, -flohr'-/ , n. any of several volatile, inert, saturated compounds of carbon, fluorine, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEFLON — Trademark for a polymer of tetrafluoroethylene fluorocarbon (polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE]). Teflon is a tough, waxy, nonflammable organic compound with a slippery …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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