CHLORIDATE

Etymology

Verb

chloridate (third-person singular simple present chloridates, present participle chloridating, simple past and past participle chloridated)

(transitive) To treat or prepare with a chloride.

Source: Wiktionary


Chlo"ri*date, v.t.

Definition: To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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