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Webster 1913 Edition
Chlorine
Chlo′rine
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See
Yellow
.] (Chem.)
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.
Chlorine family
, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the
halogens
, and classed together from their common peculiarities.Webster 1828 Edition
Chlorine
CHLORINE
,Definition 2024
chlorine
chlorine
English
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Noun
chlorine (usually uncountable, plural chlorines)
- A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
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Translations
chemical element
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Synonyms
- E925 when used as a food additive