a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
Word origin
C20: from chloro- + (in)d(ene) + -ane
chlordane in American English
(ˈklɔrˌdeɪn)
US
noun
a chlorinated, highly poisonous, volatile oil, C10H6Cl8, formerly used as an insecticide
: also ˈchlordan (ˈklɔrdæn)
Word origin
chloro- + (in)dane, deriv. of indene
Examples of 'chlordane' in a sentence
chlordane
But now that they had started to run, she could stop them, with cold, clear facts - as clear as the properties of chlordane or paraquat.