Meanings
- uncountablechemistryThe unstable sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, NaOCl, used as a bleach and a fungicide.
Synonyms: antiformin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe unstable sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, NaOCl, used as a bleach and a fungicide.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 次氯酸鈉 /次氯酸钠
- 次氯酸鈉 /次氯酸钠 (cìlǜsuānnà)sodium salt of hypochlorous acid
Finnish natriumhypokloriitti
- natriumhypokloriittisodium salt of hypochlorous acid
Hungarian nátrium-hipoklorit
- nátrium-hipokloritsodium salt of hypochlorous acid
Italian ipoclorito di sodio
- ipoclorito di sodiosodium salt of hypochlorous acid
Romanian hipoclorit de sodiu
- hipoclorit de sodiusodium salt of hypochlorous acid
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sodium hypochlorite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodium%20hypochlorite
“sodium hypochlorite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodium%20hypochlorite. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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