Chlō'rine, n.

n. [Fr. chlorine, N. Lat. chlorina, chlorum, from Gr. χλωρός, pale-green, greenish yellow, so named from its color.] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances; a heavy gas of greenish color. It has a disagreeable, suffocating odor, and is destructive of life; is a constituent of common salt, making sixty parts of it by weight, and with hydrogen forms hydrochloric acid. It is a powerful bleaching and disinfecting agent.