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lindane

[ lin-deyn ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.


lindane

/ ˈlɪndeɪn /

noun

  1. a white poisonous crystalline powder with a slight musty odour: used as an insecticide, weedkiller, and, in low concentrations, in treating scabies; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane. Formula: C 6 H 6 Cl 6
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


lindane

/ lĭndān /

  1. A white crystalline powder that is an isomer of benzene hexachloride, banned as an agricultural pesticide because of its toxicity but still used topically to treat scabies and pediculosis. Chemical formula: C 6 H 6 Cl 6 .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lindane1

1945–50; named after T. van der Linden, 20th-century Dutch chemist; -ane
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lindane1

C20: named after T. van der Linden, Dutch chemist
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Example Sentences

Only three terminals with any live nymphs out of a hundred were left in the lindane.

That lindane is a refined BHC, which is that material that stinks.

We used a pound of this 25% gamma lindane and that apparently was the most successful.

On July 30 we sprayed with lindane (25% wettable powder) with one pound to one hundred gallons of water.

On the day fixed for the rehearsal they came without the Lindane and Murray.

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