CHLORINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorination mean? 

• CHLORINATION (noun)
  The noun CHLORINATION has 2 senses:

1. the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds

2. disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound

  Familiarity information: CHLORINATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLORINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("chlorination" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chlorination"):

prechlorination (chlorination prior to another chemical process)

Derivation:

chlorinate (treat or combine with chlorine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("chlorination" is a kind of...):

disinfection (treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms)

Derivation:

chlorinate (disinfect with chlorine)

chlorinate (treat or combine with chlorine)

 Context examples 

It could be made potable with additional treatment, such as chlorination or UV light.

(Soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers, SciDev.Net)

As a byproduct of water chlorination, chloroform may be present in small amounts in chlorinated water.

(Chloroform, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorination is one of the cheapest and most widely available methods to make drinking water safe, but poor taste and bad smell of chlorinated water are major barriers to adoption.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

The researchers are hopeful that the study will help catalyse scale-up of automated chlorination technologies, which could contribute to global progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 for universal access to safe, affordable drinking water.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)