Meaning | Any compound containing a chlorine atom. |
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Narrower | aluminum chloride, aluminium chloride | A chloride / chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
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calomel, mercurous chloride | A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
dichloride, bichloride | A compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule |
hemin, protohemin | A reddish-brown chloride / chloride of heme |
methylene chloride, dichloromethane | A nonflammable liquid / liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
obidoxime chloride | A chloride / chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
perchloride | A chloride / chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine |
silver chloride | A chloride / chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
stannic chloride | A colorless caustic liquid / liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |
trichloride | Any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule |
Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
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Spanish | cloruro |
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Catalan | clorur |
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