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<cs><col>Chloral hydrate</col>, <cd>a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also <altname>chloral</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chloralamide</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ral*am`ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chloral</ets> + <ets>amide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.</def>

<h1>Chloralism</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ral*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.</def>

<h1>Chloralum</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`al"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chlor</ets>ine + <ets>alum</ets>inium.]</ety> <def>An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.</def>

<h1>Chloranil</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`an"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chlor</ets>ine + <ets>anil</ets>ine.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow crystalline substance, <chform>C6Cl4.O2</chform>, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.</def>

<h1>Chlorate</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chlorate</ets>. See <er>Chlorine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of chloric acid; <as>as, <ex>chlorate</ex> of potassium</as>.</def>

<h1>Chloraurate</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`au"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chlor</ets>ine + <ets>aurate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Aurochloride</er>.</def>

<h1>Chlorhydric</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`hy"dric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chlor</ets>ine + <ets>hydr</ets>ogen + <ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hydrochloric</er>.</def>

<h1>Chlorhydrin</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`hy"drin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.</def>

<h1>Chloric</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Chlorine</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; <as>as, <ex>chloric</ex> acid, <chform>HClO3</chform></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Chloric ether</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>ethylene dichloride. See <cref>Dutch liquid</cref>, under <er>Dutch</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chloridate</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ri*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <def>To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.</def>

<i>R. Hunt.</i>

<h1>Chloride</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ride</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; <as>as, <ex>chloride</ex> of sodium (common salt)</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Chloride of ammonium</col>, <cd>sal ammoniac.</cd> -- <col>Chloride of lime</col>, <cd>bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl<?/, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly <i>calcium hypochlorite<i>. See <cref>Hypochlorous acid</cref>, under <er>Hypochlorous</er>.</cd> -- <col>Mercuric chloride</col>, <cd>corrosive sublimate.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chloridic</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo*rid"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.</def>