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Hypochlorite

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Noun
  1. 1
    any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.

    "Hypochlorous acid is a weak acid with a pH slightly below neutral. It should not be confused with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), the main active ingredient in household bleach products, even though they both involve chlorine."

  2. 2
    any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid wordnet

Etymology

From hypo- + chlorite.

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