acetylide

[uh-set-l-ahyd]

noun Chemistry.

any compound derived from acetylene by the replacement of one or both of its hydrogen atoms by a metal, as silver acetylide, Ag2Cl2.

Origin of acetylide

acetyl + -ide

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British Dictionary definitions for acetylide

acetylide

noun

any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C 2 2–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene

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