noun
hypochlorite
A salt of hypochlorous acid; used in bleaching agents and disinfectants.
次亜塩素酸塩は漂白剤や消毒剤に使われる。
Hypochlorites are used in bleaching agents and disinfectants.
次亜塩素酸 (hypochlorous acid) is the parent acid; 次亜塩素酸塩 is its salt form.
Sodium hypochlorite, a common specific hypochlorite salt.
Compound of 次亜塩素酸 (hypochlorous acid) + 塩 (salt). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the chemical meaning.