Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A chemical compound containing two chlorine atoms or ions.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Same as bichloride.

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  • noun chemistry any chloride containing two chlorine atoms bound to a single element or radical

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  • noun a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule

Etymologies

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di- +‎ chloride

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Examples

  • PVC production requires vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a dangerous explosive, and creates toxic waste, notably ethylene dichloride (EDC) tars—two things no neighborhood wants.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • PVC production requires vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a dangerous explosive, and creates toxic waste, notably ethylene dichloride (EDC) tars—two things no neighborhood wants.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • PVC production requires vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a dangerous explosive, and creates toxic waste, notably ethylene dichloride (EDC) tars—two things no neighborhood wants.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • PVC production requires vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a dangerous explosive, and creates toxic waste, notably ethylene dichloride (EDC) tars—two things no neighborhood wants.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • His most important and surprising discovery was what has become known as Tebbe's reagent, a species made through the reaction of titanocene dichloride with trimethylaluminum.

    Richard R. Schrock - Autobiography 2006

  • At DuPont I shared a lab with the remarkable Fred Tebbe, who was studying, among other things, reactions of ethyl aluminum reagents with titanocene dichloride.

    Richard R. Schrock - Autobiography 2006

  • Among the solvents that may be present in spot removers are ethylene dichloride and isopropyl alcohol.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Commercial stain removers containing ethylene dichloride very slightly polar or other solvents

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Among the solvents that may be present in spot removers are ethylene dichloride and isopropyl alcohol.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Straits director Eric Lim said an ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant was in the planning stages and would be budgeted for separately.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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