Definition of Hypochlorite

1. Noun. Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.

Specialized synonyms: Calcium Hypochlorite, Sodium Hypochlorite
Generic synonyms: Salt

Definition of Hypochlorite

1. n. A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.

Definition of Hypochlorite

1. Noun. (chemistry) any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypochlorite

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hypochlorite

1. A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypochlorite

hypocatastasis
hypocaust
hypocausts
hypocellularity
hypocelom
hypocenter
hypocenters
hypocentral
hypocentre
hypocentres
hypochloraemia
hypochloraemic
hypochloremia
hypochlorhydria
hypochloridria
hypochlorite (current term)
hypochlorites
hypochlorous
hypochlorous acid
hypochloruria
hypocholesteraemia
hypocholesteric
hypocholesterinaemia
hypocholesterolaemia
hypocholesterolemia
hypocholesterolemias
hypocholesterolemic
hypocholia
hypochondres
hypochondria

Literary usage of Hypochlorite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"During the year 1911 an experimental installation of the hypochlorite process for the approximate sterilization of the entire municipal water supply of ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"Into this the hypochlorite solution is passed drop by drop from a burette, ... When farther additions of the hypochlorite give but a light cloudiness a drop ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"There are formed, at first, hypochlorite of lime and chloride of calcium ... hypochlorite of Lime. § 570. This salt is very important on account of its ..."

4. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Electrolytic Production of Sodium hypochlorite and Potassium Chlorate. Sodium hydroxide and chlorine react in cold, aqueous solution, forming sodium ..."

5. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Electrolytic Production of Sodium hypochlorite and Potassium Chlorate. Sodium hydroxide and chlorine react in cold, aqueous solution, forming sodium ..."

6. A Handbook of Antiseptics by Henry Drysdale Dakin, Edward Kellogg Dunham (1917)
"One to two parts per million of hypochlorite will effectively kill, in two hours, ... But this activity is much reduced when the hypochlorite acts in the ..."

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