monochlorinate

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English

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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ chlorinate.

Verb

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monochlorinate (third-person singular simple present monochlorinates, present participle monochlorinating, simple past and past participle monochlorinated)

  1. (chemistry, transitive) To introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule)