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Other definitions for IDE (2 of 2)

-ide

or -id

a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds: bromide.

Origin of -ide

Extracted from oxide

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How to use IDE in a sentence

D'ailleurs j'ai quelque ide moi-mme de faire une course Paris ce printems prochain.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
If you will 'ave to do with Prime Ministers you can't 'ide yourself under a bushel.
The Prime Minister|Anthony Trollope
It is of those who have acceded with Renan "La btise humaine est la seule chose qui donne une ide de l'infini."
Instigations|Ezra Pound
We have the sign IGÛ in the colophon where it occurs with ÂU, “water”, a-ide meaning “water of the eye”.
Sumerian Hymns|Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh

Valv test 6; basis membranacea, sed interdum ad speciem calcarea, ide quod parietes inflectuntur.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for IDE (1 of 2)

ide

/ (aɪd) /

noun

another name for the silver orfeSee orfe

Word Origin for ide

C19: from New Latin idus, from Swedish id

British Dictionary definitions for IDE (2 of 2)

-ide

-id

suffix forming nouns

(added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compoundsodium chloride

indicating an organic compound derived from anotheracetanilide

indicating one of a class of compounds or elementspeptide; lanthanide

Word Origin for -ide

from German -id, from French oxide oxide, based on the suffix of acide acid

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Scientific definitions for IDE

-ide

A suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide).