A formative analogous to trichloro-comb. form, expressing the substitution of 3 atoms of fluorine for hydrogen, as in trifluoromethane or fluoroform, CHF3, from methane, CH4; so trifluorethylene, CF2:CHF, from ethylene, CH2:CH2.
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1899 Jrnl. Chem. Soc.76i. 197Trifluorotoluene (C6H5.CF3) is not decomposed at high temperatures, and not attacked by water, alkalis.