"trichloroethylene" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/ Forms: trichloroethylenes [plural]
Etymology: tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|eth-|-yl}} eth- + -yl, {{affix|en|ethyl|-ene|gloss1=<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">eth-</i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-yl</i>}} ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene, {{affix|en|tri-|chloro-|ethylene|gloss3=<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">ethyl</i> (“<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">eth-</i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-yl</i>”) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ene</i>}} tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon C(Cl)₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent Wikipedia link: trichloroethylene Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: TCE [abbreviation], trichloroethene [IUPAC], trichlorethylene [archaic, rare] Translations (solvent): trikloorietyleeni (Finnish), trichloroéthylène [masculine] (French), Trichlorethylen (German), טריכלורואתילן (Hebrew), tricloroetilene [masculine] (Italian), trichloraethylenum (Latin), tricloroetileno [masculine] (Portuguese), tricloroetilenă [feminine] (Romanian), tricloroetileno (Spanish), trikloroetilen (Turkish)

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