Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pfc

1 sense of pfc

Sense 1
perfluorocarbon, PFC -- (a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum)
       => fluorocarbon -- (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)
       => greenhouse gas, greenhouse emission -- (a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation)