CHLORINATE
Chlo"rin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chlorinated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chlorinating.] (Chem.)
Defn: To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
CHLORINATION
Chlo`ri*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
CHLORINE
Chlo"rine, n. Etym: [Gr. Yellow.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.
CHLORIODIC
Chlor`i*od"ic, a.
Defn: Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
CHLORIODINE
Chlor`i"o*dine, n.
Defn: A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]