Used in refrigerators and aerosols

• A halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The Pertex shell has a fluorocarbon hydrophilic coating which is very effective in showers - water just rolls off. ▪ Vastly more fluorocarbons must have been released in the industrialised north.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1937, from fluoro- + carbon .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fluorocarbons , sometimes referred to as perfluorocarbons or PFCs , are, strictly speaking, organofluorine compounds with the formula CF, i.e. they contain only carbon and fluorine , though the terminology is not strictly followed. Compounds with the prefix ...