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CHLOROHYDRIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorohydric acid mean?
• CHLOROHYDRIC ACID (noun)
The noun CHLOROHYDRIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid
Familiarity information: CHLOROHYDRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
chlorohydric acid; hydrochloric acid
Hypernyms ("chlorohydric acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chlorohydric acid"):
muriatic acid (a former name for hydrochloric acid)
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