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tetrachloride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chloride English tetrachloride From tetra- + chloride.

tetrachlorides (plural)

arsenic tetrachloride fluoride carbon tetrachloride germanium tetrachloride hafnium tetrachloride iridium tetrachloride platinum tetrachloride silicon tetrachloride tellurium tetrachloride

What does tetrachloride mean?: any chloride containing four chlorine atoms in each molecule
Where does tetrachloride come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chloride English tetrachloride From tetra- + chloride.

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