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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 chloride of lime 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]