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chlorine

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

chlo=rine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chlorine has 1 sense

chlorine(n = noun.substance) atomic number 17, cl - 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);

is a kind of chemical element, element, gas, halogen

has particulars: radiochlorine

Derived forms verb chlorinate₂, verb chlorinate₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chlorine, n. [Gr. pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See Yellow.].

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 (Sodium chloride). It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. [1913 Webster]

Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiarities.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chlorine, n. Chem. a poisonous greenish-yellow gaseous element of the halogen group occurring naturally in salt, sea-water, rock-salt, etc., and used for purifying water, bleaching, and the manufacture of many organic chemicals.

Usage

Symb.: Cl.

Etymology

Gk khloros green + -INE(4)

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