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HYPOCHLOROUS ACID

Dictionary entry overview: What does hypochlorous acid mean?

• HYPOCHLOROUS ACID (noun)
The noun HYPOCHLOROUS ACID has 1 sense:

1. a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent

Familiarity information: HYPOCHLOROUS ACID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPOCHLOROUS ACID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hypochlorous acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

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