CHLORINE DIOXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorine dioxide mean? 

• CHLORINE DIOXIDE (noun)
  The noun CHLORINE DIOXIDE has 1 sense:

1. an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification

  Familiarity information: CHLORINE DIOXIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLORINE DIOXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chlorine dioxide" is a kind of...):

blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)

dioxide (an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule)

 Context examples 

A sterilization process that uses chlorine dioxide at ambient temperatures to kill microorganisms.

(Chlorine Dioxide Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)