Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chloride"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chloride
n 1: any compound containing a chlorine atom
2: any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
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