fluorination

fluorination

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English fluorine
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English fluorination

    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

    Derived terms

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