trichloroethylene

See also: trichloroéthylène and trichloréthylène

English

Structural formula of trichloroethylene

Alternative forms

trichlorethylene (archaic, rare)

Etymology

tri- +‎ chloro- +‎ ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- +‎ -yl”) +‎ -ene”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/

Noun

trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)

(organic chemistry) the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon C(Cl)₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent

Synonyms

TCE (abbreviation)
trichloroethene (IUPAC name)

Translations

solvent

Finnish: trikloorietyleeni
French: trichloroéthylène (fr) m
German: Trichlorethylen
Hebrew: טריכלורואתילן
Italian: tricloroetilene (it) m
Latin: trichloraethylenum
Portuguese: tricloroetileno m
Romanian: tricloroetilenă f
Spanish: tricloroetileno
Turkish: trikloroetilen (tr)

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