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chloride

chlo·ride
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [klawr-ahyd, -id, klohr-]
    • /ˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, ˈkloʊr-/
    • /ˈklɔː.raɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klawr-ahyd, -id, klohr-]
    • /ˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, ˈkloʊr-/

Definitions of chloride word

  • variable noun chloride Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance. 3
  • noun chloride any salt of hydrochloric acid, containing the chloride ion Cl– 3
  • noun chloride any compound containing a chlorine atom, such as methyl chloride (chloromethane), CH3Cl 3
  • noun chloride a compound in which chlorine is combined with any of certain other elements or with a radical 3
  • noun chloride a salt of hydrochloric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is chlorine, as sodium chloride, NaCl. 1
  • noun chloride a compound containing chlorine, as methyl chloride, CH 3 Cl. 1
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Origin of chloride

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; chlor-2 + -ide

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Parts of speech for Chloride

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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chloride popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • isotonic sodium chloride solution

    an aqueous solution of 0.9 percent sodium chloride, isotonic with the blood and tissue fluid, used in medicine chiefly for bathing tissue and, in sterile form, as a solvent for drugs that are to be administered parenterally to replace body fluids.

  • -ous

    having, full of, or characterized by

  • benzal chloride

    a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.

  • benzalkonium chloride

    a white or yellowish-white, water-soluble mixture of ammonium chloride derivatives having the structure C 8 H 10 NRCl, where R is a mixture of radicals ranging from C 8 H 17 – to C 18 H 37 –, that occurs as an amorphous powder or in gelatinous lumps: used chiefly as an antiseptic and a disinfectant.

  • benzethonium chloride

    a colorless, water-soluble, crystalline solid, ammonium chloride derivative, (C 27 H 42 O 2 N)Cl⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
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