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[syn: bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
[1913 Webster]
Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.
Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white
substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
-- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See
Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chloride of lime
n 1: a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride
and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect [syn:
bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime]