| NOUN | substance | hypochlorite | any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid |
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| Meaning | Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid. | |
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| Narrower | calcium hypochlorite | Any hypochlorite of calcium |
| sodium hypochlorite | An unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant | |
| Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
| Spanish | hipoclorito, hipocolorito | |
| Catalan | hipoclorit | |
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