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noun Chloride n. (Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
adjective Mercuric adj. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See mercury bichloride and Corrosive.
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