: a white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThere is a range of chemicals that can be used for a pool shock, including calcium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, dichlor, and potassium peroxymonosulfate, according to Home Depot. Korin Miller, Health.com, 25 May 2021 Even with washes of the bleaching agent calcium hypochlorite, no sanitation method has proven 100-percent effective at ridding seeds of pathogens. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2018
Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
calcium hypochlorite
noun
: a chlorine-containing white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent, disinfectant, bactericide, and fungicide