English Explanatory Dictionary

bromochlorofluoromethane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A halogenated hydrocarbon, CHBrClF, that is used in some fire extinguishers; its chirality is the basis of the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rules.

Word forms

bromochlorofluoromethane bromochlorofluoromethanes

Etymology

From bromo- + chloro- + fluoro- + methane.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary