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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A powder containing calcium chloride and calcium hypochlorite, used in solution as a bleach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A powder made by exposing slaked lime to the action of chlorin; chlorid of lime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and
calcium chloride , prepared by the action ofchlorine oncalcium hydroxide , used as a strongbleaching agent anddisinfectant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
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