English Explanatory Dictionary

dioxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C₄H₄O₂); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
  2. The parent compound dibenzo-1,4-dioxin or dibenzo-p-dioxin (molecular formula C₁₂H₈O₂), in which two benzene rings are connected through two oxygen atoms; dibenzodioxin, oxanthrene.
  3. Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.
  4. The compound 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; molecular formula C₁₂H₄Cl₄O₂), a persistent organic pollutant of the environment which is generally produced as a byproduct of organic synthesis or when organic materials are burned.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈɒksɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dioxin.wav /daɪˈɑksən/

Word forms

dioxin

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From di- (prefix meaning ‘double; two’) + ox(ygen) + -in (suffix indicating a neutral chemical compound), a reference to the fact that the compound has two oxygen atoms.

Translations

Bulgarian: диокси́н Chinese Mandarin: 二噁英 /二𫫇英 Danish: dioxin Finnish: dioksiini French: dioxine German: Dioxin Hebrew: דיאוקסין Hungarian: dioxin Japanese: ダイオキシン Kazakh: диоксин Korean: 다이옥신 Latvian: dioksīns Norwegian Bokmål: dioksin Norwegian Nynorsk: dioksin Polish: dioksyna Portuguese: dioxina Romanian: dioxină Russian: диоксин Swedish: dioxin
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