Meanings
nouncalcium chloride (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.
The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.
1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57
Translations
Catalan clorur de calci
- clorur de calcicalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Chinese Mandarin 氯化鈣 /氯化钙
- 氯化鈣 /氯化钙 (lǜhuàgài)calcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Czech chlorid vápenatý
- chlorid vápenatýcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Dutch calciumchloride
- calciumchloridecalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Finnish kalsiumkloridi
- kalsiumkloridicalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
French chlorure de calcium
- chlorure de calciumcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
German Calciumchlorid, Kalziumchlorid
- Calciumchloridcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
- Kalziumchloridcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Greek χλωριούχο ασβέστιο
- χλωριούχο ασβέστιο (chlorioúcho asvéstio)calcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Hungarian kalcium-klorid
- kalcium-kloridcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Icelandic klórkalsíum
- klórkalsíumcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Italian cloruro di calcio
- cloruro di calciocalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Japanese 塩化カルシウム
- 塩化カルシウム (enka karushiumu)calcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Polish chlorek wapnia
- chlorek wapniacalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Portuguese cloreto de cálcio
- cloreto de cálciocalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Romanian clorură de calciu
- clorură de calciucalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Russian хлори́д ка́льция
- хлори́д ка́льция (xloríd kálʹcija)calcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Spanish cloruro de calcio
- cloruro de calciocalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Swedish kalciumklorid
- kalciumkloridcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Turkish kalsiyum klorür
- kalsiyum klorürcalcium salt of hydrochloric acid
Cite this entry
APA
calcium chloride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcium%20chloride
MLA
“calcium chloride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcium%20chloride. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcium chloride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcium%20chloride.
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