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Definition: Fluorocarbon |
FluorocarbonNoun1. A halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Fluorocarbons are carbon-fluorine compounds that often contain other elements such as hydrogen, chlorine, or bromine. Common fluorocarbons include chlorofluorocarbons and related compounds (also known as ozone depleting substances including hydrochlorofluorocarbon which is a CFC substitute).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fluorocarbon."
Crosswords: Fluorocarbon |
| English words defined with "fluorocarbon": CFC, chlorofluorocarbon ♦ fluorocarbon plastic ♦ tetrafluoroethylene. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fluorocarbon": Fluorocarbons ♦ Kel-f. (references) |
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| "Fluorocarbon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fluorocarbon" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fluorocarbon": fluorocarbon plastic ♦ fluorocarbon refrigerant ♦ fluorocarbon resins. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fluorocarbon": fluorocarbon-10, fluorocarbon-13. | |
Ending with "fluorocarbon": non-fluorocarbon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluorocarbon | 25 |
fluorocarbon fishing line | 10 |
fluorocarbon line | 5 |
fluorocarbon rubber rubber silicone | 2 |
fluorocarbon leader | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fluorocarbon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | hydrofluorcarbon (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
Dutch | gefluoreerde koolwaterstoffen (fluorinated alkane, fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorinated paraffin, fluoroalkane, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
Finnish | fluorattu hiilivety (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
French | fluorocarbure (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon), hydrofluorocarbure (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon), hydrocarbure fluoré (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon), composé fluorocarboné (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon). (various references) | |
German | Fluorkohlenwasserstoffe (chlorofluorocarbons, fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorine-carbon-hydrogens, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
Greek | φθοριωμένος υδρογονάνθρακας (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
Italian | Tetracloruro di carbonio (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane), Tetraclorometano (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane), resine al fluoro-carbonio (fluorocarbon resins), resina fluorurata (fluorocarbon resins), monocloroetano (aethylis chloridum, C2H5Cl, chlorethyl, chloroethane, ethyl chloride, fluorocarbon-160, monochlorethane), idrocarburo fluorurato (fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerant, fluorocarbon refrigerant), Etile bromuro (bromic ether, Bromoèthane, bromoethane, CH3CH2Br, Ethyl bromide, fluorocarbon-160B, hydrobromic ether, monobromoethane), cloruro di etile (aethylis chloridum, C2H5Cl, chlorethyl, chloroethane, ethyl chloride, fluorocarbon-160, monochlorethane), Carbonio tetracloruro (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane), Bromuro di etile (bromic ether, Bromoèthane, bromoethane, CH3CH2Br, Ethyl bromide, fluorocarbon-160B, hydrobromic ether, monobromoethane), Bromoetano (bromic ether, Bromoèthane, bromoethane, CH3CH2Br, Ethyl bromide, fluorocarbon-160B, hydrobromic ether, monobromoethane). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | フロギストン説 (airy, booing, booster, booth, bouquet, bouquet garni, CFC, cheese, chlorofluorohydrocarbon, FEP, floppy, floppy disk, Florida, florigen, florist, fluke, fluon gas, Freon, frock, frock coat, frog, frogman, front, front office, front page, front wheel drive, front-end, front-end processor, frontier, frontier spirit, frost, light, phlogiston theory, windscreen, windshield). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フロン (CFC, chlorofluorohydrocarbon, Freon). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uorocarbonflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resinas fluorcarbónicas (fluorocarbon resins), cloreto de etilo (aethylis chloridum, C2H5Cl, chlorethyl, chloroethane, ethyl chloride, fluorocarbon-160, monochlorethane). (various references) | |
Spanish | fluorocarburo (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
Swedish | fluorokarbon (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon), fluorerat kolväte (fluorinated hydrocarbon, fluorohydrocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluorocarbon": fluorocarbons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fluorocarbon": chlorofluorocarbon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fluorocarbon": chlorofluorocarbons. (additional references) | |
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"Fluorocarbon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flourocarbon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fluorocarbon" (pronounced fluh'rōkÄ"rbun or flô'rōkÄ"rbun) |
| 8 | -r ō k Ä" r b u n | hydrocarbon. |
| 6 | -k Ä" r b u n | carbon. |
| 4 | -r b u n | corban. |
| 3 | -b u n | bobbin, bourbon, cabin, Gibbon, graben, hemoglobin, interurban, jacobin, Leben, psilocybin, ribbon, Robin, suburban, turban, urban. |
| 8 | -r ō k Ä" r b u n | hydrocarbon. |
| 6 | -k Ä" r b u n | carbon. |
| 4 | -r b u n | corban. |
| 3 | -b u n | bobbin, bourbon, cabin, Gibbon, graben, hemoglobin, interurban, jacobin, Leben, psilocybin, ribbon, Robin, suburban, turban, urban. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-f-l-n-o-o-o-r-r-u" | |
-5 letters: cornual, coronal, courlan, forlorn, rancour. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-f-l-n-o-o-o-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: fluorocarbons. | |
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