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chlorous definition

chlo·rous (klôr′əs)

adjective

  1. of or containing trivalent chlorine
  2. designating or of an unstable acid, HClO, a strong oxidizing agent which exists only in solution and whose salts are known as chlorites

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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