trifluoride

[ trahy-floor-ahyd, -flawr-, -flohr- ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.

Origin of trifluoride

1
First recorded in 1840–50; tri- + fluoride

Words Nearby trifluoride

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How to use trifluoride in a sentence

  • There are small deposits of such things as bromine trifluoride, but these have no great importance.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • It sometimes appears combined with fluorine in chlorine trifluoride.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • In it are dissolved varying quantities of metallic and non-metallic fluorides, such as boron trifluoride, sodium fluoride, etc.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr