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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A clear, colorless, fuming, poisonous, highly acidic aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, HCl, used as a chemical intermediate and in petroleum production, ore reduction, food processing, pickling, and metal cleaning. It is found in the stomach in dilute form.
Wiktionary
- n. inorganic chemistry A strong acid made by dissolving the gas, hydrogen chloride, in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) hydrogen chloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process, by the action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong solution of the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical work. Called also
muriatic acid andchlorhydric acid .
WordNet 3.0
- n. an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid
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