Chloride

n.

1.

(Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium sal ammoniac. Chloride of lime bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; - called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. Mercuric chloride corrosive sublimate.

Noun	1.	chloride - any compound containing a chlorine atom
	2.	chloride - any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride, bichloride, calomel, chemical compound, compound, dichloride, dichloromethane, hemin, mercurous chloride, methylene chloride, obidoxime chloride, perchloride, protohemin, silver chloride, stannic chloride, trichloride

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