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HCFC

Dictionary entry overview: What does HCFC mean?

• HCFC (noun)
The noun HCFC has 1 sense:

1. a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere

Familiarity information: HCFC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HCFC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

HCFC; hydrochlorofluorocarbon

Hypernyms ("HCFC" is a kind of...):

CFC; chlorofluorocarbon (a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans)

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