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Perchloromethane

Definition: Perchloromethane

Perchloromethane

Noun

1. A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined.

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Specialty Definitions: Perchloromethane

DomainDefinitions

Environment

CCl4 M. p. -23 ºC, b. p. 76. 5 ºC. Manufactured from CS2 plus Cl2 or by chlorination of CH4 and other hydrocarbons. In presence of H2O gives HCl and phosgene Cl2CO. Relatively toxic to the liver. The simplest member of the series of perchlorocarbons. Used as a solvent(use tends to be replaced by higher homologues and chloroethane derivatives)as a fumigant and in fire extinguishers. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Perchloromethane

Synonyms: carbon tet (n), carbon tetrachloride (n), tetrachloromethane (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Perchloromethane

Language Translations for "perchloromethane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tetrachlormethan (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), CFC-10 (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), Carbontetrachlorid (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tetrachloormethaan (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), tetrachloorkoolstof (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), koolstoftetrachloride (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hiilitetrakloridi (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

French

  

tétrachlorure de carbone, tétrachlorométhane, CCl4. (various references)

   

German

  

Tetrachlormethan (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), Tetrachlorkohlenstoff (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), Tetra (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, TETRA, tetrachloromethane, Trans European Trunked Radio), Kohlenstofftetrachlorid (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τετραχλωράνθρακας (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), τετραχλωρομεθάνιο (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Tetracloruro di carbonio (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), Tetraclorometano (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), Carbonio tetracloruro (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erchloromethanepay

   

Spanish

  

tetracloruro de carbono (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), tetraclorometano (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tetraklormetan (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane), koltetraklorid (carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, fluorocarbon-10, tetrachloromethane). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Perchloromethane

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-h-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t"

-5 letters: chloroprene, chronometer, coleopteran, melanophore, perchlorate, replacement.

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Alternative Orthography: Perchloromethane


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 63 68 6C 6F 72 6F 6D 65 74 68 61 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .    .-.    -.-.    ....    .-..    ---    .-.    ---    --    .    -    ....    .-    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01100011 01101000 01101100 01101111 01110010 01101111 01101101 01100101 01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#99 &#104 &#108 &#111 &#114 &#111 &#109 &#101 &#116 &#104 &#97 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0063 0068 006C 006F 0072 006F 006D 0065 0074 0068 0061 006E 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50718469747881848179718674678071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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