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ceylonese | ceylonite | cezanne | cf | cf. | cfc | cfo | cgs | cgs system | chætetes | chætiferous

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cfc

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cfc has 1 sense

cfc(n = noun.substance) chlorofluorocarbon - a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans; "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"

has particulars: hcfc, hydrochlorofluorocarbon, freon

is a kind of pollutant, fluorocarbon, greenhouse emission, greenhouse gas

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cfc, abbr. Chem. chloro-fluorocarbon, any of various usu. gaseous compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, used in refrigerants, aerosol propellants, etc., and thought to be harmful to the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere.

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