sodium fluoride


noun
  1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.

Origin of sodium fluoride

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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Scientific definitions for sodium fluoride

sodium fluoride

  1. A colorless, crystalline salt used to fluoridate water and treat tooth decay. It is also used as an insecticide and a disinfectant. Chemical formula: NaF.

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