"halon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation, contemporary], /ˈheɪ̯.lɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: conservative), /ˈheɪ̯.lɔn/ [General-American] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger], /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/ [Canada, standard], /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/ [Canada, dialectal], /ˈhæɪ̯.lɔn/ [General-Australian], /ˈhæɪ̯.lɒn/ [New-Zealand], /ˈhe.lɔn/ [Scotland], /ˈheː.lɔn/ [India] Forms: halons [plural]
enPR: hā′lŏn Etymology: Blend of halogen + carbon. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|halogen|carbon}} Blend of halogen + carbon Head templates: {{en-noun}} halon (plural halons)
  1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (more precisely, a haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens. Wikidata QID: Q11861249 Synonyms: haloalkane Translations (hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens): 海龍 /海龙 (hǎilóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哈龍 /哈龙 (hālóng) (Chinese Mandarin), haloni (Finnish), halon [masculine] (French), Ha­lo­gen­was­ser­stoff [masculine] (German), Halogenkohlenwasserstoff [masculine] (German), хладо́н (xladón) (Russian), гало́н (galón) (Russian), halon (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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