ALDRIN


Meaning of ALDRIN in English

/awl"drin/ , n. Chem.

a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.

[ 1949; named after Kurt ALDER; see -IN 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .