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chloride

See also: Chloride

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From chlor(ine) ‎ -ide, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812.

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chloride (plural chlorides)

 
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  1. (chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
    • 1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly‎[1], volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
      Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.
    • 2008, Edward O. Price, “Maternal and Neonatal Behavior”, in Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal Behavior: An Introductory Text, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Cambridge, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, page 149:
      Klopfer and Gamble (1966) gave 16 female goats (C. hircus) 5 min of contact with their young at parturition. Nine of the mothers had been temporarily rendered anosmic (could not smell) at parturition by spraying a 10% cocaine hydrogen chloride solution into their nostrils 20–90 min prior to parturition. […] Eight of the nine females who were anosmic at parturition but could smell at reintroduction accepted their own offspring, as well as alien young during reinstatement.
    • 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

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chloride n (plural chloriden or chlorides)

  1. chloride

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