chloride

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any compound containing a chlorine atom
  2. noun any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

Etymology

From chlor(ine) + -ide, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812.

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