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noun
any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: salt
Narrower terms: calcium hypochlorite, sodium hypochlorite
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English chlorite English hypochlorite From hypo- + chlorite.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
