Chloride /(?)/
Chlo·ride
Chloride
n.
- A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.