SODIUM CHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium chloride mean? 

• SODIUM CHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun SODIUM CHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)

  Familiarity information: SODIUM CHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SODIUM CHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

common salt; sodium chloride

Hypernyms ("sodium chloride" is a kind of...):

binary compound (chemical compound composed of only two elements)

Meronyms (substance of "sodium chloride"):

atomic number 17; chlorine; Cl (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))

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

halite; rock salt (naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride)

Holonyms ("sodium chloride" is a substance of...):

brine; saltwater; seawater (water containing salts)

 Context examples 

Sodium chloride, commonly called dietary salt, is essential to our body.

(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)

Chemical abbreviation for sodium chloride (table salt).

(NaCl, NCI Dictionary)

Table salt is made up of the elements sodium and chlorine - the technical name for salt is sodium chloride.

(Dietary Sodium, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Any solution of sodium chloride (NaCl) in water with a concentration of NaCl higher than that found in physiological saline (0.9% w/v).

(Hypertonic Saline, NCI Thesaurus)

In this study, mice were fed a high-salt diet (HSD) containing 16 times the amount of sodium chloride typically found in their food.

(Hold the salt: gut reaction may impair the brains of mice, National Institutes of Health)

Sodium chloride, for example, turned a shade of yellow similar to that visible in a geologically young area of Europa known as "Tara Regio."

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)

A preparation containing the nonabsorbable polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG or macrogol) 3350 and sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid with laxative activity.

(PEG-3350/Sodium Sulfate/Sodium Chloride/Potassium Chloride/Sodium Ascorbate/Ascorbic Acid-based Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)

Meanwhile, JPL scientist Kevin Hand had used sample ocean salts, bombarded by radiation in a laboratory under Europa-like conditions, and found that several new and distinct features arose in sodium chloride after irradiation.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)

Upon oral administration, the PEG-3350, sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid-based laxative promotes the retention of water in the bowel.

(PEG-3350/Sodium Sulfate/Sodium Chloride/Potassium Chloride/Sodium Ascorbate/Ascorbic Acid-based Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)

Magnesium sulfate would simply have leached into the ocean from rocks on the ocean floor, but sodium chloride may indicate the ocean floor is hydrothermally active.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)