fluorination

English

Etymology

From fluorine +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fluorination (countable and uncountable, plural fluorinations)

  1. (chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.
    Antonym: defluorination
    Hypernym: halogenation
    Hyponyms: difluorination, electrofluorination, halofluorination, hydrofluorination, monofluorination, oxyfluorination, perfluorination, radiofluorination, Swarts fluorination
    Coordinate terms: chlorination, bromination, iodination

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