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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unstable salt, NaOCl, usually stored in solution and used as a fungicide and an oxidizing bleach.
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- noun chemistry The unstable sodium
salt ofhypochlorous acid , NaOCl, used as ableach and afungicide
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- noun an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
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