Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chlorine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chlorine \Chlo"rine\, n. [Gr. ? pale green, greenish yellow. So
named from its color. See {Yellow}.] (Chem.)
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a
greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air,
of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and
exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most
important compound being common salt. It is powerful
oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl.
Atomic weight, 35.4.
{Chlorine family}, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine,
and iodine, called the {halogens}, and classed together
from their common peculiarities.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chlorine
n : a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best
known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to
purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant;
occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) [syn: {Cl},
{atomic number 17}]
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