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Chlo·ride n. Chem. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
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.
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chloride of lime
n : a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride
and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
[syn: bleaching powder, chlorinated lime]