chloride

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the negatively charged chlorine ion, Cl−, found in many salts and serving as an important electrolyte in body fluids

   The laboratory measured the chloride concentration in the water sample.

2. 2
   noun

   a compound in which chlorine is combined with another element or chemical group, such as sodium chloride or acetyl chloride

   Sodium chloride is the principal salt dissolved in seawater.

Common collocations

• aluminum chloride Noun + noun

Formed from chlorine + -ide and introduced by Humphry Davy in 1812. In chemical naming, -ide marks a simple negative ion or the more electronegative component of a compound, as in chloride.

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