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chloride
[ klawr-ahyd, -id, klohr- ]
noun
- a salt of hydrochloric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is chlorine, as sodium chloride, NaCl.
- a compound containing chlorine, as methyl chloride, CH 3 Cl.
chloride
/ kləˈrɪdɪk; ˈklɔːraɪd /
noun
- any salt of hydrochloric acid, containing the chloride ion Cl –
- any compound containing a chlorine atom, such as methyl chloride (chloromethane), CH 3 Cl
chloride
/ klôr′īd′ /
- A compound, such as ammonium chloride, containing chlorine and another element or radical.
Derived Forms
- chloridic, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of chloride1
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Example Sentences
“Overall it seems that when they do not contain cobalt chloride, silica gel packets are relatively safe to use,” said Baechler.
The beads are then fished out from the brine and washed with a strong acid to separate out lithium chloride.
To achieve this, we use the nanotechnology to deposit titanium dioxide nanoparticles as a shell layer and sodium chloride crystal core.
Those are the atoms that make up the methyl bromide and methyl chloride released into air.
The chlorides can spur heavy metals like lead to leach into groundwater, rivers, and more, says Xianming Shi, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Washington State University.
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
An alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.
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