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

1 sense of sulfur hexafluoride

Sense 1
sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride -- (a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry)
       => fluoride -- (a salt of hydrofluoric acid)
       => greenhouse gas, greenhouse emission -- (a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation)