TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tetrafluoroethylene" is a kind of...):

fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)

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