noun. A dense, colorless, nonflammable, toxic liquid chlorinated alkene, C₂HCl₃, used to degrease metals, as an extraction solvent for oils and waxes, as a refrigerant, in dry cleaning, and as a fumigant.

noun. the unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon C(Cl)2=CHCl used as an industial solvent

noun. a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage

"•By far, the most common contaminant is a chlorinated solvent called trichloroethylene, or "trike," and its breakdown products -- substances known to cause birth defects and cancer and reaching concentrations thousands of times higher than federal drinking water standards allow."

ethene  ethylene  

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