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FLUOROFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluoroform mean? 

FLUOROFORM (noun)
  The noun FLUOROFORM has 1 sense:

1. colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform)play

  Familiarity information: FLUOROFORM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLUOROFORM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fluoroform; trifluoromethane

Hypernyms ("fluoroform" is a kind of...):

haloform (compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom)


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