trichloroethylene

See also: trichloroéthylène and trichloréthylène

English

Structural formula of trichloroethylene

Etymology

tri- +‎ chloro- +‎ ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- +‎ -yl”) +‎ -ene”)

Noun

trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)

(organic chemistry) the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon C(Cl)₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent

Synonyms

TCE (abbreviation)
trichloroethene (IUPAC name)

Translations

hydrocarbon

Finnish: trikloorietyleeni
Italian: tricloroetilene (it) m

Portuguese: tricloroetileno m

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