What does sulphur hexafluoride mean?

sulphur hexafluoride means "a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry".

What is another word for sulphur hexafluoride?

Close synonyms include sulfur hexafluoride. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sulphur hexafluoride a common word?

sulphur hexafluoride is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Sulphur hexafluoride — meaning and 1 synonym

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry
Synonymssulfur hexafluoride
Broaderfluoride greenhouse gas

Questions about sulphur hexafluoride

What does sulphur hexafluoride mean?: sulphur hexafluoride means "a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry".
What is another word for sulphur hexafluoride?: Close synonyms include sulfur hexafluoride. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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