trifluoride

[ trahy-floor-ahyd, -flawr-, -flohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trifluoride¹

First recorded in 1840–50; tri- + fluoride

Example Sentences

There are small deposits of such things as bromine trifluoride, but these have no great importance.

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It sometimes appears combined with fluorine in chlorine trifluoride.

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In it are dissolved varying quantities of metallic and non-metallic fluorides, such as boron trifluoride, sodium fluoride, etc.

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