HyperDic: chlorine_dioxide

English > 1 sense of the expression chlorine dioxide:
NOUNsubstancechlorine dioxidean explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification
English > chlorine dioxide: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification.
Broaderbleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitenerAn agent that makes things white or colorless
dioxideAn oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Spanishdióxido de cloro
Catalandiòxid de clor

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