calcium fluoride: Meaning and Definition of

cal'cium fluor'ide

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  1. a white, crystalline compound, CaF, insoluble in water, occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite: used as a flux in metallurgy and as a decay preventive in dentifrices.
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