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noun
Any trihalomethane with all halogens the same, CHX3.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Broader terms: trihalomethane, substance, compound, material
noun
compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alkyl halide, haloalkane
Narrower terms: chloroform, trichloromethane, bromoform, tribromomethane, fluoroform, trifluoromethane, iodoform, tri-iodomethane
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh2l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- English formic English -form English haloform From halo- + -form.
