sesquichloride

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.

Word forms

sesquichloride sesquichlorides

Etymology

From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.

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