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tetrafluoroethylene
[ te-truh-floor-oh-eth-uh-leen, -flawr-, -flohr- ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable gas, C 2 F 4 , used in the synthesis of certain polymeric resins, as Teflon.
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