trichloroethylene

See also: trichloroéthylène and trichloréthylène

English

Structural formula of trichloroethylene

Alternative forms

• trichlorethylene (archaic, rare)

Etymology

tri- +‎ chloro- +‎ ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- +‎ -yl”) +‎ -ene”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/

Noun

trichloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural trichloroethylenes)

1. (organic chemistry) the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic

   Trichloroethylene has a really pleasant odour, too bad now it's suspected to cause Parkinson's.

   The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts.

Synonyms

• TCE (abbreviation)
• trichloroethene (IUPAC name)

Translations

solvent

• Finnish: trikloorietyleeni
• French: trichloroéthylène (fr) m
• German: Trichlorethylen
• Hebrew: טריכלורואתילן
• Italian: tricloroetilene (it) m
• Latin: trichloraethylenum
• Portuguese: tricloroetileno m
• Romanian: tricloroetilenă f
• Spanish: tricloroetileno
• Turkish: trikloroetilen (tr)