halon

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  1. noun Any of several halocarbons used as fire-extinguishing agents.

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  • The problem with this ingenious hypothesis is that German halon ~ holon never meant "call." —  OUPblog
  • But the kinship of halon with calare cannot be proved: the sounds match, whereas the meanings do not. —  OUPblog
  • You'd have a hard job getting freon / halon gas as an extinguishing medium, the manufacturing of it was banned in Europe years ago and most of it has been phased out, it's a CFC gas. —  Toytown Germany - Germany feed
  • The principle of halon es sechar sochir was just in this past week's parsha. —  YESHIVA WORLD NEWS
  • Brussels poised to push for controversial halon replacement Brussels is making a fresh push to overturn international aviation safety standards by banning halon fire extinguishers. —  HEADLINES
 

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