Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing chlorine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or containing chlorin; specifically, containing chlorin in smaller proportion than chlorous compounds.
- A name given to spirits of chloroform, consisting of chloroform 1 part, alcohol 9 parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest.
- adjective (Chem.) ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under
Dutch .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of a
compound , containingchlorine with a higheroxidation number than equivalentchlorous compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 5
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Examples
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A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydro - chloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.
Sole Music 2010
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I saw reading from the brand of the packages they were chemicals: sulfuric, chloric, whatever.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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I saw reading from the brand of the packages they were chemicals: sulfuric, chloric, whatever.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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The most reliable type of disinfectant for small-scale applications is chlorine or a chloric compound.a. Chlorine stock solutions are generally prepared using calcium hypochlorite or chlorinated 1-ime and should not exceed 10% chlorine by weight
Chapter 7 1983
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That this is merely surface coloring is shown by the fact that hydro-chloric acid will discharge the color and leave the grains translucent.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 Various
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If we suppose these ten parts, by weight of solid matter, to be chloric acid, with
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A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydro - chloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1950
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Stimulants freely -- brandy, chloric ether, ammonia, sal volatile _ad libitum_.
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Should it again be expelled, it would be advisable to quiet the system by the use of an anæsthetic, as chloroform, or -- which is much safer -- chloric ether.
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About ten o'clock the cow was cast, with the assistance of R. McClure, V.S., after which she was placed under the influence of chloric ether.
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