Usually means: Man-made, ozone-depleting chemical compounds.
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  1. chlorofluorocarbons: Merriam-Webster
  2. chlorofluorocarbons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chlorofluorocarbons: Vocabulary.com
  4. chlorofluorocarbons: Wordnik
  5. chlorofluorocarbons: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. chlorofluorocarbons: Wiktionary
  7. chlorofluorocarbons: Dictionary.com
  8. Chlorofluorocarbons: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Chlorofluorocarbons: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Chlorofluorocarbons: Financial dictionary

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  1. chlorofluorocarbons: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)

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  1. Chlorofluorocarbons: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See chlorofluorocarbon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (chlorofluorocarbon)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.
▸ Also see chlorofluorocarbon


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