Chlo″ride (?), n.(Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. — Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; — called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. — Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.