Word Study
chloride
CIDE DICTIONARY
chloride, n.
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.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chloride, n. Chem.
1 any compound of chlorine with another element or group.
2 any bleaching agent containing chloride.
1 any compound of chlorine with another element or group.
2 any bleaching agent containing chloride.
Etymology
CHLORO- + -IDE
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