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HALOCARBON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("halocarbon" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "halocarbon"):
fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)
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