SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium hypochlorite mean? 

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

1. an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

antimicrobial; antimicrobic; disinfectant; germicide (an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease)

hypochlorite (any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid)

blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)

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

eau de Javelle; Javel water; Javelle water (an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite)

 Context examples 

A highly diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite (0.5% w/v) with topical anti-infective activity.

(Dakins Solution, NCI Thesaurus)