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Tetrachloroethylene

Definition: Tetrachloroethylene

Tetrachloroethylene

Noun

1. Anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Tetrachloroethylene

DomainDefinitions

Health

A chlorinated hyrocarbon used as an industrial solvent and cooling liquid in electrical transformers. Chronic exposure to this compoud may pose a health hazard to animals and humans. It is considered a potential carcinogen. Tetrachlorethylene was formerly used as anthelmintic for hookworms, but less toxic products are now used. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Tetrachloroethylene

Synonyms: carbon dichloride (n), ethylene tetrachloride (n), tetrachlorethylene (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: tetrachlorethylene (industry, engineering & technology).

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Commercial Usage: Tetrachloroethylene

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References

  • The World Market for Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene): A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tetrachloroethylene

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tetrachloroethylene

24
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Modern Translations: Tetrachloroethylene

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

Danish

  

tetrachlorethylen (perchloroethylene), tetrachlorethen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), perchloroethylen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), perchlorethylen (perchloroethylene). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tetrachlooretheen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), perchlooretheen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), per (an, by, by means of, Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, in, inside, into, on, per, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene, through, with, within), Cl2C=CCl2 (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tetrakloorieteeni (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

French

  

tétrachloro-éthylène (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), tétrachloroéthylène (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), tétrachloréthylène (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), perchloroéthylène (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), perchloréthylène (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), dichlorure de carbone (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), Cl2C = CCl2 (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene), bichlorure de carbone (ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

German

  

Tetrachoräthylen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), Tetrachloraethylen (perchloroethylene), Perchlorethylen (perchloroethylene), Perchloräthylen (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τετραχλωροαιθυλένιο (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tetracloroetilene (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), percloroetilene (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

テキスト終結 (end of text, rough texture, technetium, technetronic, technical, technical center, technical foul, technical knockout, technical point, technical term, technician, Technicolor, technics, technique, techno cut, techno lady, techno mart, techno sound, technocracy, technocrat, technoeconomics, technologies, technology, technology art, technology assessment, technology gap, technology transfer, technomist, technonationalism, technopeasant, technophobia, technopolis, techno-pop, techno-science, techno-stress, technostructure, teddy, teddy bear, Tektronics, tenant, tennis, tennis court, tennis elbow, tennis-wear, tenor, tenor sax, test, test campaign, test case, test driver, test marketing, test pattern, test pilot, test rider, testament, tester, testing, test-mail, testosterone, test-set, Tetoron, tetracycline, Tetrapack, Tetrapod, Tetris, tetrodotoxin, texture). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

テトラクロロエチレン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etrachloroethylenetay

   

Portuguese

  

tetracloroetileno (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), percloroetileno (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тетрахлорэтилен. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tetracloroeteno (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene), percloroetileno (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tetrakloreten (Cl2C=CCl2, ethylene tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tetrachloroethylene

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

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

-1 letter: tetrachlorethylene.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-e-h-h-l-l-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-t-y"
 

+1 letter: tetrachloroethylenes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tetrachloroethylene


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

54 65 74 72 61 63 68 6C 6F 72 6F 65 74 68 79 6C 65 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)

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

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

01010100 01100101 01110100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101100 01101111 01110010 01101111 01100101 01110100 01101000 01111001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#116 &#114 &#97 &#99 &#104 &#108 &#111 &#114 &#111 &#101 &#116 &#104 &#121 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0074 0072 0061 0063 0068 006C 006F 0072 006F 0065 0074 0068 0079 006C 0065 006E 0065

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

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

54718684676974788184817186749178718071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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