"halogenation" meaning in English

See halogenation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-halogenation.wav Forms: halogenations [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, halogenate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, halogen + -ation. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|halogenate|-ion}} By surface analysis, halogenate + -ion, {{surf|en|halogen|-ation|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, halogen + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} halogenation (countable and uncountable, plural halogenations)
  1. (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: biohalogenation, Darzens halogenation, dehalogenation, hydrohalogenation, monohalogenation, oxyhalogenation, perhalogenation, polyhalogenation, radiohalogenation, transhalogenation Translations (the reaction of a halogen with something): halogenació [feminine] (Catalan), halogenace [feminine] (Czech), halogénation [feminine] (French), Halogenierung [feminine] (German), alogenazione [feminine] (Italian), halogenação [feminine] (Portuguese), halogenación [feminine] (Spanish), halogenering [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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