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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Related phrases

fire extinguisher

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