chlorination

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

chloride chlorine dechlorination cleansing outfall breakpoint chloralization prechlorination hyperchlorination chloramination

Often followed by

of and is process in or to by was

Word family

chlorinate chlorinated chlorinates chlorinating chlorinations chlorinator chlorinators