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SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
Classified under:
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)
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