tetrafluoride

noun

tet·​ra·​flu·​o·​ride ˌte-trə-ˈflȯr-ˌīd 

-ˈflu̇r-

: a fluoride containing four atoms of fluorine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Green Salt was a small-scale way of producing tetrafluoride, an intermediate step in the process of producing feed material for uranium enrichment. —Laurence Norman, WSJ, 25 May 2022

In 2005, Iran acknowledged converting yellowcake into uranium tetrafluoride, a step below the uranium hexafluoride needed for centrifuges. —The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above