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Meaning of "endrin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENDRIN

endrin  [ˈɛndrɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENDRIN

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determiner
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Endrin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENDRIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Endrin

Endrin is an organochloride that was primarily used as an insecticide, as well as a rodenticide. It is a colourless odorless solid, although commercial samples are often off-white. Endrin was also sold as an emulsifiable solution known commercially as Shell Endrix. The compound endrin became infamous as a persistent organic pollutant and for this reason it is banned in many countries.

Definition of endrin in the English dictionary

The definition of endrin in the dictionary is a type of insecticide.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENDRIN


aldrin
ˈɔːldrɪn
bredren
ˈbrɛdrɪn
bredrin
ˈbrɛdrɪn
chlorohydrin
ˌklɔːrəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
chondrin
ˈkɒndrɪn
cyanohydrin
ˌsaɪənəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
dieldrin
ˈdiːldrɪn
Drin
drɪn
ephedrin
ɪˈfɛdrɪn
ephedrine
ɪˈfɛdrɪn
epichlorohydrin
ˌɛpɪˌklɔːrəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
ninhydrin
nɪnˈhaɪdrɪn
Paludrine
ˈpæljʊdrɪn
salamandrine
ˌsæləˈmændrɪn
Sanhedrin
ˈsænɪdrɪn
speldrin
ˈspɛldrɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENDRIN

endowment assurance
endowment insurance
endowment mortgage
endowment policy
endowments
endozoic
endpaper
endpapers
endplate
endplay
ends
endship
endue
enduing
endungeon
endurability
endurable
endurably
endurance
endurance race

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENDRIN

aspirin
brin
chagrin
Erin
florin
Gagarin
glycerin
grin
heparin
Kirin
mandarin
margarin
Marin
navarin
Perrin
Schwerin
serin
trin
Turin
warfarin

Synonyms and antonyms of endrin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «endrin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENDRIN

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The translations of endrin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «endrin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异狄氏剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

endrina
570 millions of speakers

English

endrin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

endrin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإندرين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эндрин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

endrina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

endrin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

endrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Endrin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Endrin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エンドリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엔드 린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Endrin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Endrin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ட்ரின் பூச்சிக்கொல்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एंड्रिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

endrin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

endrin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Endryna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ендрін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

endrin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

endrin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Endrin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

endrin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

endrin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of endrin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENDRIN»

The term «endrin» is regularly used and occupies the 81.226 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENDRIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about endrin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENDRIN»

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The Biologic and economic assessment of Endrin: a report of ...
Endrin would have a half-life of 1.4 weeks. If 75% of the endrin still remained on the soil surface at the next application, a maximum of four application rates (units) would accumulate after 20 applications — long after the season ended.
United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1980
2
Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace
In less severe cases of endrin intoxication, the complaints are headache, dizziness, leg weakness, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, insonmia, agitation, and, occasionally, slight mental confusion.1 1 Poisonings resulting in convulsions ...
‎2004
3
Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology: Principles and Agents
Isodrin was found to be epoxidized to endrin (Fig. 55.3) in houseflies (Brooks, 1960) and subsequently by liver microsomes from rats and rabbits, as a result of mixed-function oxidase (MFO) action (Nakatsugawa et ah, 1965; Wong and ...
Robert Krieger, 2001
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Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition
13.3.3 Endrin Unlike most other OCs, endrin has a relatively short half-life in tissues of mammals21-1'214 and birds. 2I5-216 Endrin rivals telodrin as the most acutely toxic OC pesticide. In the United States the most extreme effect of endrin ...
David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton, Jr., 2002
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Handbook of Environmental Fate and Exposure Data: For ...
based upon experiments on solid endrin [4,13,49]. A half-life of 1.45 hr has been predicted for reaction with hydroxyl radicals [37]. Biodegradation: Endrin appears to be resistant to biodegradation in natural waters and most soils. Greater than ...
Philip H. Howard, 1991
6
Risk Management for Hazardous Chemicals
and Formulation of Pesticides (Publication Number 78-174) RISK ASSESSMENT : ENVIRONMENT General Assessment Because of its former use as an insecticide and pesticide, endrin may be present in the environment. The environment is ...
Jeffrey Wayne Vincoli, 1996
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Handbook of Environmental Analysis: Chemical Pollutants in ...
Two common pesticides endrin and DDT are susceptible to decomposition on dirty injection port. The former oxidizes to endrin aldehyde and endrin ketone, while the latter degrades to 4,4 ́-DDE and 4,4 ́-DDD. If degradation of either of these ...
Pradyot Patnaik, 2010
8
Handbook of Chemicals and Safety
Endrin decomposes on heating above 245°C producing hydrogen chloride, phosgene. In fact, the US EPA has sharply restricted the availability and uses of many organochlorine groups of pesticides. These include DDT, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin ...
T.S.S. Dikshith, 2010
9
Clinical Environmental Health and Toxic Exposures
Endrin is rapidly metabolized in animals and humans and does not accumulate in human tissues after exposure. In animals, endrin is metabolized to water- soluble compounds and is excreted mainly in the feces. The threshold limit value of ...
John Burke Sullivan, Gary R. Krieger, 2001
10
A Comprehensive Guide to the Hazardous Properties of ...
Endrin [72-20-8], another organochlorine pesticide of aldrin-like structure remained as a major pesticide for many years to control insects, rodents and birds. It is obtained as a by-product in the synthesis of hexachlorocyclopentadiene.
Pradyot Patnaik, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENDRIN»

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1
Greenpeace: Giftige Böden bei Apfelplantagen
Endrin ist ein langlebiger organischer Schadstoff (POP) und zählt zum „dreckigen Dutzend“ des Stockholmer Übereinkommens. «ORF.at, Jun 15»
2
Unusual pelican sighting in Ithaca
The insecticide endrin killed pelicans outright, according to the Lab of Ornithology, and DDT contamination led to thin-shelled eggs that broke ... «Ithaca Journal, Jun 15»
3
State Dept. of Agriculture Collects 23000 Pounds of Unwanted Pe …
"Something like some of the endrin we're getting today, that material is toxic enough that 10 drops of that material on my skin, not immediately ... «NBC Right Now, May 15»
4
Driving agriculture into the ground
IRRI itself used toxic pesticides such as endrin and paraquat (made by Syngenta), endosulfan (Bayer), glyphosate (Monsanto), benomyl ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Suggest steps to check pesticide-laced veg, fruits: HC to govt
They included a central nervous system toxin endrin which caused nausea and dizziness and heptachlor (a compound used as an insecticide) ... «Zee News, Apr 15»
6
Chemicals on your plate
The expert committee report listed the pesticides—chlordane, endrin, heptachlor, DDT, parathion—and mentioned that these can cause ... «Livemint, Dec 14»
7
KFC, Sagar Ratna rice unsafe, HC told
The report claimed pesticides such as chlordane, endrin, heptachlor, ethyl and parathion — that can cause neurological problems, kidney ... «Hindustan Times, Dec 14»
8
Study: breast milk could pose danger for Tunisian babies
The pesticides are aldrin, chlordane, DDT, diel-drin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), mirex, and toxaphene; the industrial ... «Al-Arabiya, Oct 14»
9
Screening criteria for PBTs/vPvBs
... pattern in environmental behaviour of a small group of compounds known as the “dirty dozen”, which included aldrin, DDT, endrin and hexachlorobenzene. «Chemical Watch, Jun 14»
10
Imported fruit may have to pass pesticide test
The banned pesticides included chlordane, a rat poison that affects the nervous system and endrin, an insecticide that causes headache. «Daily Mail, Mar 14»

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