CHLOROUS


Meaning of CHLOROUS in English

adj pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative;

— opposed to basylous or zincous.

2. chlorous ·adj of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine;

— said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, hclo2.

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