Part 1877

<h1>Chloridize</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rid*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Chloridate</er>.</def>

<h1>Chlorimetry</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo*rim"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chlorometry</er>.</def>

<h1>Chlorinate</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rin*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chlorinated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chlorinating</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.</def>

<h1>Chlorination</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo`ri*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.</def>

<h1>Chlorine</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See <er>Yellow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.</def>

<cs><col>Chlorine family</col>, <cd>the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the <i>halogens<i>, and classed together from their common peculiariries.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chloriodic</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`i*od"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.</def>

<h1>Chloriodine</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`i"o*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A compound of chlorine and iodine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Chlorite</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), fr. <?/ light green.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.</def>

<cs><col>Chlorite slate</col>, <cd>a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chlorite</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rite</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chlor</ets>ous + <ets>-ite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any salt of chlorous acid; <as>as, <ex>chlorite</ex> of sodium</as>.</def>

<h1>Chloritic</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Chlorite</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; <as>as, <ex>chloritic</ex> sand</as>.</def>

<h1>Chlormethane</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`meth"ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless gas, <chform>CH3Cl</chform>, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also <altname>methyl chloride</altname>.</def> <-- Also chloromethane. b. p. -23.7&deg; C. It is sold as a liquid under pressure, and used to rapidly chill skin (so as to prevent swelling after an injury); in this fashion it also serves as a local anaesthetic. It chills by the cooling effect of the rapid evaporation of the liquid form, applied directly to the skin. Also used as a refrigerant. -->

<h1>Chloro-</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ro-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A prefix denoting that <i>chlorine</i> is an ingredient in the substance named.</def>

<h1>Chlorocruorin</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo`ro*cru"o*rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ light green + E. <ets>cruorin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.</def>