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Perborate

[per-bawr-eyt, -bohr-]

per·bo·rate

[per-bawr-eyt, -bohr-]
noun Chemistry.
a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO3⋅4H2O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.


Origin:
1880–85; per- + borate
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a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide
an atomic spatial arrangement that results from rotation of carbon atoms about single bonds within an organic molecule
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perborate (pəˈbɔːreɪt)
 
n
See sodium perborate any of certain salts derived, or apparently derived, from perboric acid. Perborates are used as bleaches in washing powders

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