chlorate

[ klawr-eyt, -it, klohr- ]

/ ˈklɔr eɪt, -ɪt, ˈkloʊr- /

noun

a salt of chloric acid.

Nearby words

Origin of chlorate

First recorded in 1815–25; chlor-² + -ate²

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Examples from the Web for chlorate

They consisted of wooden splints coated with sulphur and tipped with antimony, chlorate of potash, and gum.
Great Inventions and Discoveries|Willis Duff Piercy
Lozenges or pastilles containing chloride of ammonium, chlorate of potash, and cubebs may be employed.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Just let me show you (in passing) how a mixture of chlorate of potash and sulphur explodes when I strike it.
The Story of a Tinder-box|Charles Meymott Tidy
You place the chlorate of potash in a thin glass flask, don't you?
John Bull, Junior|Max O'Rell

Sulphur, 16 parts; carbonate of strontia, 23 parts; chlorate of potassa, 61 parts.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for chlorate

chlorate

/ (ˈklɔːˌreɪt, -rɪt) /

noun

any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO 3 –

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Medicine definitions for chlorate

chlorate

[ klôr′āt′ ]

n.

A salt of chloric acid containing the chlorate ion.

The inorganic ion ClO3-.

Science definitions for chlorate

chlorate

[ klôr′āt′ ]

A chemical compound containing the group ClO3.