chlorination

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chlorination

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Etymology

From chlorinate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

chlorination (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinations)

1. (chemistry) The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

   Antonym: dechlorination

   Hypernym: halogenation

   Hyponyms: carbochlorination, dichlorination, electrochlorination, hydrochlorination, hyperchlorination, overchlorination, oxychlorination, perchlorination, photochlorination, prechlorination, sulfochlorination, perchlorination, underchlorination

   Coordinate terms: fluorination, bromination, iodination

Derived terms

• carbochlorination
• dechlorination
• dichlorination
• electrochlorination
• hydrochlorination
• hyperchlorination
• monochlorination
• overchlorination
• oxychlorination
• perchlorination
• photochlorination
• prechlorination
• sulfochlorination, sulphochlorination

Translations

chlorination

Catalan: cloració f Czech: chlorace f Galician: cloración (gl) f Hungarian: klórozás (hu) Italian: clorazione f Marathi: क्लोरिनीकरण n (klorinīkraṇ) Turkish: klorlama (tr)