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fluoroplastic

American

[floor-uh-plas-tik, flawr-, flohr-] / ˌflʊər əˈplæs tɪk, ˌflɔr-, ˌfloʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.

any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.

Etymology

Origin of fluoroplastic

fluoro- + plastic

Example Sentences

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Iceotope, a start-up based in Sheffield, England, submerges computers in liquid fluoroplastic, rather than oil.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2014

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