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electrochlorination

electrochlorination noun: chlorination (disinfection) via the production of hypochlorite by passing an electric current through salt water.

Noun

electrochlorination (uncountable)

  1. chlorination (disinfection) via the production of hypochlorite by passing an electric current through salt water

Origin of electrochlorination

From electro- + chlorination.

Questions about electrochlorination

What does electrochlorination mean?
Electrochlorination means chlorination (disinfection) via the production of hypochlorite by passing an electric current through salt water.
What part of speech is electrochlorination?
Electrochlorination is a noun.

Words near electrochlorination in the dictionary

  1. electrochemoluminescence
  2. electrochemoluminometric
  3. electrochemomechanics
  4. electrochemotherapies
  5. electrochemotherapy
  6. electrochlorination
  7. electrochlorinator
  8. electrochlorinators
  9. electrocholecystectomy
  10. electrocholecystocausis
  11. electrochromatogram

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