trichloroethylene
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See also: trichloroéthylène and trichloréthylène
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Trikloreten.svg/220px-Trikloreten.svg.png)
Alternative forms
[edit]- trichlorethylene (archaic, rare)
Etymology
[edit]tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)
- (organic chemistry) the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl2=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic
Synonyms
[edit]- TCE (abbreviation)
- trichloroethene (IUPAC name)
Translations
[edit]solvent
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