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TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tetrafluoroethylene" is a kind of...):
fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)