Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrobromofluorocarbon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dro-bro-moflu-o-ro-car-bon
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any halocarbon which contains hydrogen, bromine and fluorine; they are used as refrigerants, and have ODP (“ozone depleting potential”).

Etymology

From hydro- + bromo- + fluoro- + carbon.

Inflected Forms

hydrobromofluorocarbons (plural)

Derived Forms

HBFC HBFCs

Frequently Paired Words

bromine bromocarbon bromofluorocarbon carbon chlorofluorocarbon fluorine fluorocarbon hydrobromocarbon

Synonyms

HBFC

Questions

What does hydrobromofluorocarbon mean?: Any halocarbon which contains hydrogen, bromine and fluorine; they are used as refrigerants, and have ODP (“ozone depleting potential”).
Where does hydrobromofluorocarbon come from?: From hydro- + bromo- + fluoro- + carbon.

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