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difluoromethane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-flu-o-romethane
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dihalogenoalkane in which two of the four hydrogen atoms of methane are replaced by fluorine, used as a refrigerant.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From difluoro + methane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

difluoromethanes (plural)

Derived Forms

dichlorodifluoromethane

Questions

What does difluoromethane mean?
A dihalogenoalkane in which two of the four hydrogen atoms of methane are replaced by fluorine, used as a refrigerant.
Where does difluoromethane come from?
From difluoro + methane.

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