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hydrochloric, a. Chem.|haɪdrəʊˈklɔərɪk|
[f. hydro- d + chloric. F. hydrochlorique.]
Containing hydrogen and chlorine in chemical combination. hydrochloric acid, called also hydrogen chloride (HCl), a colourless gas of strongly acid taste and pungent irritating odour, extremely soluble in water. (Earlier names were muriatic acid, spirit of salt, chlorhydric acid.)
1817A. Ure in Thomson Ann. Philos. X. 203 On the Quantity of Real Acid in Liquid Hydrochloric. 1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 143 The hydro-chloric acid of the shops is a saturated solution of this gas in water. 1863Tyndall Heat vii. 188 One volume of chlorine combines with one volume of hydrogen, to form two volumes of hydrochloric acid. 1878Huxley Physiogr. vii. (ed. 2) 109 Chlorine eagerly seizes on the hydrogen to form a compound known as hydrochloric acid gas. |