Definition of "fluorocarbons" [fluorocarbons]

• Plural form of fluorocarbon. (noun)

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• "Steny Hoyer will unveil 35 eco-friendly vending machines that reduce their emission of hydro-fluorocarbons by 95 percent."
• "Deforestation that destroys entire ecosystems causing the extinguishing of plant, insect, animal life essential to the survival of the planet; depletion of the ozone layer; poisoning of the air we breathe with fluorocarbons and mixtures of particulate matter and chemical pollutants in the lower atmosphere; industrial gas emissions that cause acid rain."
• "And like fluorocarbons spilling into the atmosphere causing the greenhouse effect, consequences of the Tiger Effect are also global in nature -- threatening to topple a delicate ecosystem known as the celebrisphere."