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noun
any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic compound
Narrower terms: fluorocarbon
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh2l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English halocarbon From halo- + carbon.
Across languages
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