tetrachloride

[ te-truh-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

/ ˌtɛ trəˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

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noun Chemistry.

a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.

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Origin of tetrachloride

First recorded in 1865–70; tetra- + chloride

Words nearby tetrachloride

tetrabrach, tetrabranchiate, tetrabromofluorescein, tetracaine, tetracene, tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, tetrachloromethane, tetrachord, tetracid, tetracoccus

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How to use tetrachloride in a sentence

All use an extinguishing liquid with carbon tetrachloride as a base.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
The same fact was observed in 1858 by Hofmann, who used the tetrachloride of carbon as an oxidizing agent.
Coal|Raphael Meldola
When passed through a red-hot tube with chlorine it yields carbon tetrachloride and sulphur chloride (H. Kolbe).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
Extinguishers arranged to throw a stream of carbon tetrachloride are also on the market.
Foods and Household Management|Helen Kinne

The reaction may be started, however, by the addition of a few drops of a solution of copper sulphate or platinum tetrachloride.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson

British Dictionary definitions for tetrachloride

tetrachloride

/ (ˌtɛtrəˈklɔːraɪd) /

noun

any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per moleculecarbon tetrachloride, CCl 4

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