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trichloride

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

any chloride containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chloride

Narrower terms: nitrogen trichloride, Agene

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English chloride English trichloride From tri- + chloride.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Hungarian: triklorid — any chloride containing three chlorine atoms in a molecule
Māori: pūhaumāota-toru — any chloride containing three chlorine atoms in a molecule

Word forms

Inflections and variants

trichlorides — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: aluminium trichloride, aluminum trichloride, antimony trichloride, arsenic trichloride, boron trichloride, californium trichloride, cerium trichloride, chromium trichloride, dysprosium trichloride, erbium trichloride, europium trichloride, gadolinium trichloride, gold trichloride, indium trichloride, iodine trichloride, iridium trichloride, iron trichloride, neodymium trichloride, nitrogen trichloride, oxytrichloride, phosphorus trichloride, praseodymium trichloride, rhodium trichloride, ruthenium trichloride, samarium trichloride, scandium trichloride, terbium trichloride, vinyl trichloride, ytterbium trichloride

Related: chlorine, -ide

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: chloride

Hyponyms: nitrogen trichloride, Agene

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