Associations to the word «Halocarbon»

Wiktionary

HALOCARBON, noun. (organic chemistry) any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)

Dictionary definition

HALOCARBON, noun. One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope