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octachloride

octachloride noun: any chloride containing eight chlorine atoms in each molecule.

Noun

octachloride (plural octachlorides)

  1. Any chloride containing eight chlorine atoms in each molecule.

Forms of octachloride

pluraloctachlorides

Origin of octachloride

From octa- + chloride.

Questions about octachloride

What does octachloride mean?
Octachloride means any chloride containing eight chlorine atoms in each molecule.
What part of speech is octachloride?
Octachloride is a noun.
What is the plural of octachloride?
The plural of octachloride is octachlorides.

Words near octachloride in the dictionary

  1. octacalcium
  2. octacarbide
  3. octacarbides
  4. octacarbonate
  5. octacarbonates
  6. octachloride
  7. octachlorides
  8. octachlorobiphenyl
  9. octachlorobiphenyls
  10. octachlorodibenzofuran
  11. octachora

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