sodium chloride

noun, Chemistry
1.
salt1 (def 1).
Origin
1865-70
Examples from the web for sodium chloride
  • Seawater is a lot more complex than a simple solution of water and sodium chloride.
  • Extract the sodium chloride from the other minerals to make salt water.
  • There was no distinctive facial expression for sodium chloride.
  • Chloride is found in table salt or sea salt as sodium chloride.
  • Common salt is sodium chloride, the compound principally under indictment.
British Dictionary definitions for sodium chloride

sodium chloride

noun
1.
common table salt; a soluble colourless crystalline compound occurring naturally as halite and in sea water: widely used as a seasoning and preservative for food and in the manufacture of chemicals, glass, and soap. Formula: NaCl Also called salt
sodium chloride in Medicine

sodium chloride n.
Common or table salt, used as a food preservative and seasoning.

sodium chloride in Science
sodium chloride  
See salt.
Encyclopedia Article for sodium chloride

mineral substance of great importance. The mineral form halite, or rock salt, is sometimes called common salt to distinguish it from a class of chemical compounds called salts

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