borofluoride

English

Etymology

From boro- +‎ fluoride.

Noun

borofluoride (plural borofluorides)

1. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.

   Synonyms: fluoboride, fluoborate (obsolete)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “borofluoride”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

• Tetrafluorborate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia