CL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cl mean? 

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

1. a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

2. a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

  Familiarity information: CL used as a noun is rare.

• CL (adjective)
  The adjective CL has 1 sense:

1. being ten more than one hundred forty

  Familiarity information: CL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 17; chlorine; Cl

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

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

halogen (any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions)

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

radiochlorine (a radioactive isotope of chlorine)

Holonyms ("Cl" is a substance of...):

common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

centiliter; centilitre; cl

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

metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "cl"):

cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml (a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter)

Holonyms ("cl" is a part of...):

deciliter; decilitre; dl (a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter)

• CL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being ten more than one hundred forty

Synonyms:

150; cl; one hundred fifty

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

That’s when our approach started, said neuroscientist Cláudia Figueiredo, one of the research coordinators.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Hydrocarbons containing multiple halogen substituents (Br, Cl, Fl, I).

(Hydrocarbons, Polyhalogenated, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, the Ca entering the cell is able to activate a Ca-activated Cl channel, which would allow Cl to flow out of the cell, thus further increasing the depolarization.

(Olfactory Transduction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A class of compounds of the type R-M, where a C atom is joined directly to any other element except H, C, N, O, F, Cl, Br, I, or At.

(Organometallic Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Gentian violet (GV) dissociates into positive (GV+) and negative ions (Cl-) that penetrate both gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial cells.

(Gentian Violet, NCI Thesaurus)

H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 7 (805 aa, ~89 kDa) is encoded by the human CLCN7 gene.

(H(+)/Cl(-) Exchange Transporter 7, NCI Thesaurus)

Hydrochlorothiazide inhibits electrolytes reabsorption via binding to Na-Cl cotransporter on the renal distal tubular, thereby increasing excretion of sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate and water.

(Enalapril Maleate/Hydrochlorothiazide, NCI Thesaurus)

A quinolinone sulfooxime and inhibitor of Na-K-Cl cotransporters 1 and 2 with diuretic activity.

(Alilusem, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 7 protein, is involved in chloride ion transport.

(CLCN7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An element with atomic symbol Cl, atomic number 17, and atomic weight 35.05.

(Chlorine, NCI Thesaurus)