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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Hydrochloric \Hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + chloric: cf. F.
     hydrochlorique.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas;
     as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Hydrochloric acid (Chem.), hydrogen chloride; a colorless,
        corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is
        made in great quantities in the soda process, by the
        action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great
        affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong
        solution of the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is
        an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical
        work. Called also muriatic acid and chlorhydric acid.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ion \I"on\ ([imac]"[o^]n), n. [Gr. 'io`n, neut, of 'iw`n, p. pr.
     of 'ie`nai to go.]
     1. (Elec. Chem.) an atom or goup of atoms (radical) carrying
        an electrical charge. It is contrasted with neutral atoms
        or molecules, and free radicals. Certain compounds, such
        as sodium chloride, are composed of complementary ions in
        the solid (crystalline) as well as in solution. Others,
        notably acids such as hydrogen chloride, may occur as
        neutral molecules in the pure liquid or gas forms, and
        ionize almost completely in dilute aqueous solutions. In
        solutions (as in water) ions are frequently bound
        non-covalently with the molecules of solvent, and in that
        case are said to be solvated. According to the
        electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of
        electrolytes are divided into ions by water and other
        solvents. An ion consists of one or more atoms and carries
        one unit charges of electricity, 3.4 x 10^{-10
        electrostatic units, or a multiple of this. Those which
        are positively electrified (hydrogen and the metals) are
        called cations; negative ions (hydroxyl and acidic atoms
        or groups) are called anions.
  
     Note: Thus, hydrochloric acid ({HCl) dissociates, in aqueous
           solution, into the hydrogen ion, H+, and the chlorine
           ion, Cl-; ferric nitrate, Fe(NO3)3, yields the
           ferric ion, Fe+++, and nitrate ions, NO3-, NO3-,
           NO3-. When a solution containing ions is made part of
           an electric circuit, the cations move toward the
           cathode, the anions toward the anode. This movement is
           called migration, and the velocity of it differs for
           different kinds of ions. If the electromotive force is
           sufficient, electrolysis ensues: cations give up their
           charge at the cathode and separate in metallic form or
           decompose water, forming hydrogen and alkali;
           similarly, at the anode the element of the anion
           separates, or the metal of the anode is dissolved, or
           decomposition occurs. Aluminum and chlorine are
           elements prepared predominantly by such electrolysis,
           and depends on dissolving compounds in a solvent where
           the element forms ions. Electrolysis is also used in
           refining other metals, such as copper and silver. Cf.
           Anion, Cation.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. One of the small electrified particles into which the
        molecules of a gas are broken up under the action of the
        electric current, of ultraviolet and certain other rays,
        and of high temperatures. To the properties and behavior
        of ions the phenomena of the electric discharge through
        rarefied gases and many other important effects are
        ascribed. At low pressures the negative ions appear to be
        electrons; the positive ions, atoms minus an electron. At
        ordinary pressures each ion seems to include also a number
        of attached molecules. Ions may be formed in a gas in
        various ways.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Muriatic \Mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria
     brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from
     chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called
        also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See
        hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure,
     image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow,
     impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to
     beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed
        sign; emblem.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
              Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token;
        a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A type is no longer a type when the thing typified
              comes to be actually exhibited.       --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic
        qualities; the representative. Specifically:
        (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number
            of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a
            species, genus, or other group, combining the
            essential characteristics; an animal or plant
            possessing or exemplifying the essential
            characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.
            Also, a group or division of animals having a certain
            typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
            within the group.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the
                  whole animal kingdom has been universally held
                  to be divisible into a small number of main
                  divisions or types.               --Haeckel.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects,
            scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject
            of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or
            a coin.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern
            to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as
            being related, and from which they may be actually or
            theoretically derived.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and
           most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric
           acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane,
           CH4.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Typog.)
        (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character,
            cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
        (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole
            quantity of them used in printing, spoken of
            collectively; any number or mass of such letters or
            characters, however disposed.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold,
           though some of the larger sizes are made from maple,
           mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the
           face, or part from which the impression is taken; c,
           the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick
           (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist
           the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face
           from t`e top; e, the groove made in the process of
           finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the
           bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal
           (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold),
           which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that
           requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and
           bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and
           when part of the face projects over the body, as in the
           letter f, the projection is called a kern.
           [1913 Webster] The type which compose an ordinary book
           font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and
           lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case
           letters, with accompanying figures, points, and
           reference marks, -- in all about two hundred
           characters. Including the various modern styles of
           fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of
           face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic,
           some of the most important of the varieties are 
           [1913 Webster] Old English. Black Letter. Old Style.
           French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon. Gothic.
           Typewriter. Script.
           [1913 Webster] The smallest body in common use is
           diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl, agate,
           nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or two-line
           diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl), small pica
           (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line nonpareil),
           English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or two-line
           brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois), paragon
           (or two-line long primer), double small pica (or
           two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line pica),
           double English (or two-line English), double great
           primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon (or
           two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
           Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica,
           six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made
           mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the
           different sizes up to great primer.
           [1913 Webster] Brilliant . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
           Diamond . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pearl . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Agate . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Nonpareil . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Minion . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Brevier . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Bourgeois . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Long primer . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Small pica . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pica . . . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz English . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Columbian . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Great primer . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
           [1913 Webster] The foregoing account is conformed to
           the designations made use of by American type founders,
           but is substantially correct for England. Agate,
           however, is called ruby, in England, where, also, a
           size intermediate between nonpareil and minion is
           employed, called emerald.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Point system of type bodies (Type Founding), a system
        adopted by the type founders of the United States by which
        the various sizes of type have been so modified and
        changed that each size bears an exact proportional
        relation to every other size. The system is a modification
        of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This
        pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed
        ``points,'' and every type body consist of a given number
        of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the
        new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old
        names are gradually being done away with. By the point
        system type founders cast type of a uniform size and
        height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made
        by different founders would often vary slightly so that
        they could not be used together. There are no type in
        actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes
        of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby,
        the term used designates a different size from that
        heretofore so called.
        [1913 Webster] 1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2
        German [bar] 2 Saxon 10 Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse
        [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12
        Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar] 41/2 Diamond 14 English
        [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar] [bar] 51/2 Agate
        [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7 Minion
        [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the
        "points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the
        "Point System".
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Type founder, one who casts or manufacture type.
  
     Type foundry, Type foundery, a place for the manufacture
        of type.
  
     Type metal, an alloy used in making type, stereotype
        plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It
        consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a
        little tin, nickel, or copper.
  
     Type wheel, a wheel having raised letters or characters on
        its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing
        telegraphs, etc.
  
     Unity of type (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in
        structure which is seen in organic beings of the same
        class, and is quite independent of their habits of life.
        --Darwin.
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  HCL
       Hardware Compatibility List (MS, Windows)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  HCL
       Host Control Links
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Muriatic \Mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria
     brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from
     chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.
  
     Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called
        also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See
        hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ion \I"on\, n.
     1. One of the electrified particles into which, according to
        the electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of
        electrolytes are divided by water and other solvents. An
        ion consists of one or more atoms and carries a unit
        charge of electricity, 3.4 x 10^{-10 electrostatic units,
        or a multiple of this. Those which are positively
        electrified (hydrogen and the metals) are called
        cations; negative ions (hydroxyl and acidic atoms or
        groups) are called anions.
  
     Note: Thus, hydrochloric acid ({HCl) dissociates, in aqueous
           solution, into the hydrogen ion, H^{+, and the
           chlorine ion, Cl^{-; ferric nitrate, Fe(NO3)3,
           yields the ferric ion, Fe^{+++, and nitrate ions,
           NO3^{-, NO3^{-}, NO3^{-}. When a solution containing
           ions is made part of an electric circuit, the cations
           move toward the cathode, the anions toward the anode.
           This movement is called migration, and the velocity of
           it differs for different kinds of ions. If the
           electromotive force is sufficient, electrolysis ensues:
           cations give up their charge at the cathode and
           separate in metallic form or decompose water, forming
           hydrogen and alkali; similarly, at the anode the
           element of the anion separates, or the metal of the
           anode is dissolved, or decomposition occurs.
  
     2. One of the small electrified particles into which the
        molecules of a gas are broken up under the action of the
        electric current, of ultraviolet and certain other rays,
        and of high temperatures. To the properties and behavior
        of ions the phenomena of the electric discharge through
        rarefied gases and many other important effects are
        ascribed. At low pressures the negative ions appear to be
        electrons; the positive ions, atoms minus an electron. At
        ordinary pressures each ion seems to include also a number
        of attached molecules. Ions may be formed in a gas in
        various ways.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure,
     image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow,
     impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to
     beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.]
     1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed
        sign; emblem.
  
              The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
              Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
  
              Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak.
  
     3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token;
        a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
  
              A type is no longer a type when the thing typified
              comes to be actually exhibited.       --South.
  
     4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic
        qualities; the representative. Specifically:
        (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number
            of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a
            species, genus, or other group, combining the
            essential characteristics; an animal or plant
            possessing or exemplifying the essential
            characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.
            Also, a group or division of animals having a certain
            typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
            within the group.
  
                  Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the
                  whole animal kingdom has been universally held
                  to be divisible into a small number of main
                  divisions or types.               --Haeckel.
        (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects,
            scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject
            of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or
            a coin.
        (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern
            to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as
            being related, and from which they may be actually or
            theoretically derived.
  
     Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and
           most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric
           acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane,
           CH4.
  
     5. (Typog.)
        (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character,
            cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
        (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole
            quantity of them used in printing, spoken of
            collectively; any number or mass of such letters or
            characters, however disposed.
  
     Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold,
           though some of the larger sizes are made from maple,
           mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the
           face, or part from which the impression is taken; c,
           the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick
           (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist
           the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face
           from the top; e, the groove made in the process of
           finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the
           bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal
           (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold),
           which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that
           requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and
           bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and
           when part of the face projects over the body, as in the
           letter f, the projection is called a kern. The type
           which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman
           CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and
           Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with
           accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, --
           in all about two hundred characters. Including the
           various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four
           hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the
           ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important
           of the varieties are -- Old English. Black Letter. Old
           Style. French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon.
           Gothic. Typewriter. Script. The smallest body in common
           use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl,
           agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or
           two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl),
           small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line
           nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or
           two-line brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois),
           paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica
           (or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line
           pica), double English (or two-line English), double
           great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon
           (or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
           Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica,
           six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made
           mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the
           different sizes up to great primer. Brilliant . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Hydrochloric \Hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + chloric: cf. F.
     hydrochlorique.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas;
     as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric.
  
     Hydrochloric acid (Chem.), hydrogen chloride; a colorless,
        corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is
        made in great quantities in the soda process, by the
        action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great
        affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong
        solution of the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is
        an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical
        work. Called also muriatic, & chlorhydric, acid.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  HCl
     Translingual sym.
     The molecular formula for hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  HCL
     n.
     1 (init of en hairy cell leukemia)
     2 (init of en hue-chroma-luminance)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  HCL
     n.
     1 (init of en hairy cell leukemia)
     2 (init of en hue-chroma-luminance)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  HCl
     Translingual sym.
     The molecular formula for hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  HCL
     n.
     1 (init of en hairy cell leukemia)
     2 (init of en hue-chroma-luminance)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  HCl
     Translingual sym.
     The molecular formula for hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  HCL
     n.
     1 (init of en hairy cell leukemia)
     2 (init of en hue-chroma-luminance)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  HCl
     abbr.
     (yhteys kemia k=fi) vetykloridi, suolahappo

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  HCl
     abbr.
     (yhteys kemia k=fi) vetykloridi, suolahappo

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