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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chlo•rine /ˈklɔrin/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Chemistryan element, a heavy, greenish yellow poisonous gas, used to purify water and to make bleaching powder.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chlo•rine (klôr′ēn, -in, klōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistry, Nutritiona halogen element, a heavy, greenish-yellow, incombustible, water-soluble, poisonous gas that is highly irritating to the respiratory organs, obtained chiefly by electrolysis of sodium chloride brine: used for water purification, in the making of bleaching powder, and in the manufacture both of chemicals that do not contain chlorine, as ethylene glycol, and of those that do. Symbol: Cl;
at. wt.: 35.453; at. no.: 17. chlo′rin•ous, adj. |