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magnesium chloride

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid, MgCl2; it has many industrial applications including the electrolytic production of magnesium metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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  • Armenian: մագնեզիումի քլորիդ (magneziumi kʻlorid) — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Catalan: clorur de magnesi — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氯化鎂 /氯化镁 (lǜhuàměi) — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Czech: chlorid hořečnatý — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Finnish: magnesiumkloridi — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • French: chlorure de magnésium — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • German: Magnesiumchlorid — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Hungarian: magnézium-klorid — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Italian: cloruro di magnesio — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid
  • Russian: хлори́д ма́гния (xloríd mágnija) — magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid