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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless gas, CHF3, which liquefies at 20° C., under the pressure of 40 atmospheres. It is an analogue of chloroform and iodoform and is formed from these substances by the action of silver fluoride. Also called
trifluor methane .
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- noun organic chemistry The
haloform CHF3 that is thefluorine analogue ofchloroform
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- noun colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform)
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