Chlorination

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chlorination \Chlo`ri*na"tion\, n.
     The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of
     chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by
     exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chlorination
       n 1: the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic
            compounds
       2: disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of
          chlorine or a chlorine compound