Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chlorous

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chlorous


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(1):

(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous.

(2):

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.