Associations to the word «Chlorous»

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Wiktionary

CHLOROUS, adjective. (chemistry) Of a compound, containing chlorine with a lower oxidation number than equivalent chloric compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 3.
CHLOROUS, adjective. (obsolete) Relating to, or resembling, the electronegative character of chlorine; hence, electronegative; opposed to basylous or zincous.
CHLOROUS ACID, noun. (chemistry) an unstable acid, HClO2, known only in solution or as its salts, the chlorites; it is a strong oxidizing agent

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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats