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PFC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does PFC mean?
• PFC (noun)
The noun PFC has 1 sense:
1. a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
Familiarity information: PFC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
perfluorocarbon; PFC
Hypernyms ("PFC" is a kind of...):
fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)
greenhouse emission; greenhouse gas (a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation)
Context examples
File Card (PFC)
(File Card, Food and Drug Administration)
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