"chlorination" meaning in English

See chlorination in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chlorination.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chlorinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *gʰlōrós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chlorinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English chlorination From chlorinate + -ion. 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Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chlorination (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinations)
  1. (chemistry) The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: halogenation Coordinate_terms: fluorination, bromination, iodination Translations (chlorination): cloració [feminine] (Catalan), chlorace [feminine] (Czech), cloración [feminine] (Galician), klórozás (Hungarian), clorazione [feminine] (Italian), क्लोरिनीकरण (klorinīkraṇ) [neuter] (Marathi), klorlama (Turkish)

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    {
      "word": "monochlorination"
    },
    {
      "word": "overchlorination"
    },
    {
      "word": "oxychlorination"
    },
    {
      "word": "perchlorination"
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      "word": "photochlorination"
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        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
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}

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