Definitions for chlorine

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chlorine chlo·rine

Spelling: [klawr-een, -in, klohr-]

IPA: /ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr-/

Chlorine is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in chlorine (cehilnor).

Definitions for chlorine

noun

1. a halogen element, a heavy, greenish-yellow, incombustible, water-soluble, poisonous gas that is highly irritating to the respiratory organs, obtained chiefly by electrolysis of sodium chloride brine: used for water purification, in the making of bleaching powder, and in the manufacture both of chemicals that do not contain chlorine, as ethylene glycol, and of those that do. Symbol: Cl; atomic weight: 35.453; atomic number: 17.

Origin of chlorine

First recorded in 1800-10; chlor-¹ + -ine²

Examples for chlorine

Some have found Ecstasy to be cut with other dangerous chemicals such as pesticides, chlorine, and toxic household cleaners.

If the taste of chlorine haunts you, filters might help out.

The lignone group is unaffected, and combines with chlorine as in the original.

The grim events that surround the early use of chlorine gas have become a staple of horrifying war stories.

It is readily attacked by chlorine but not by oxidizing agents.

The ore is first roasted, and is then moistened and treated with chlorine.

This represents as near 20 per mille of chlorine as possible.

They are also are required to frequently wash their hands with a chlorine solution.

The back was full of bodies with some chlorine between them.

chlorine has likewise a strong affinity for many of the non-metals.