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perchloric

perchloric adjective: describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine.

Adjective

perchloric (not comparable)

  1. Describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine.
    Synonyms:
    hyperchloric

Synonyms of perchloric

Origin of perchloric

From per- + chloric.

Words formed from perchloric

Questions about perchloric

What does perchloric mean?
Perchloric means describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine.
What part of speech is perchloric?
Perchloric is an adjective.

Words near perchloric in the dictionary

  1. perchlike
  2. perchling
  3. perchlings
  4. perchlorate
  5. perchlorates
  6. perchloric
  7. perchloric acid
  8. perchloride
  9. perchlorides
  10. perchlorinate
  11. perchlorinated

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