a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
Word origin
C20: named after K. Alder (1902–58) German chemist
Aldrin in British English
(ˈɔːldrɪn)
noun
Edwin Eugene Jr, known as Buzz. born 1930, US astronaut; the second person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 flight
aldrin in American English
(ˈɔldrɪn; ˈældrɪn)
US
noun
an insecticide containing a naphthalene derivative, C12H8Cl6, especially effective against insects resistant to DDT: a suspected carcinogen banned by EPA for agricultural uses
Word origin
Ger, after Kurt Alder, 20th-c. Ger chemist
Aldrin in American English
(ˈɔldrɪn)
noun
Edwin Eugene, Jr (“Buzz”), born 1930, U.S. astronaut