trichloride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: trichlo-ride
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Meaning

noun

any chloride containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule.

Example Sentences

"When TCCA touches a small amount of water and doesn’t dissolve, “it can experience a chemical reaction, generating heat and causing the decomposition of the chemical, which in turn produces toxic chlorine gas and can produce explosive nitrogen trichloride,” a 2023 report by the CSB said."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English chloride English trichloride From tri- + chloride.

Inflected Forms

trichlorides (plural)

Derived Forms

oxytrichloride

Phrases

aluminium trichloride aluminum trichloride antimony trichloride arsenic trichloride boron trichloride californium trichloride cerium trichloride chromium trichloride

Frequently Paired Words

chlorine -ide