atomic number 17
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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) (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | chemical element, element, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
| hypernym | : | gas, |
| definition | : | a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely (noun.substance) |
| hypernym | : | halogen, |
| definition | : | any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | radiochlorine, |
| definition | : | a radioactive isotope of chlorine (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | common salt, sodium chloride, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | chlorinate, |
| definition | : | disinfect with chlorine (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | chlorinate, |
| definition | : | treat or combine with chlorine (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | chlorinate, |
| definition | : | disinfect with chlorine (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | chlorinate, |
| definition | : | treat or combine with chlorine (verb.change) |
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