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A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).

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  1. n. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
  2. n. any compound containing a chlorine atom
  3. n. any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
  4. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
  5. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical;as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, salammoniac.-- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance,CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.-- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
  6. n:100 n. any compound containing a chlorine atom n. any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)