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TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE

Dictionary entry overview: What does tetrafluoroethylene mean?

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

1. a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)

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

Dictionary entry details

• TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (noun)

Sense 1

tetrafluoroethylene ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)

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