arsenide

American  

[ahr-suh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈɑr səˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.

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arsenide British  

/ ˈɑːsəˌnaɪd /

noun

1. a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element

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Etymology

Origin of arsenide

1860–65; arsen- + -ide ( def. )

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While light slows by about 1.5 times in glass and roughly 3.5 times in silicon or gallium arsenide, it slows by about 4.5 times in MoSe2.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026

Perovskites are a type of semiconductor, but they behave very differently from traditional materials like silicon and gallium arsenide.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026

For more than a decade, boron arsenide has intrigued scientists.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025

Microsoft researchers began to look for these fractional charges in samples of gallium arsenide, a compound often used in solar cells.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023

When we prescribe a cacodylate or an amylarsinate, we are not prescribing an arsenical treatment whose effects can be compared with those of an arsenide, an arsenite, or an arsenate.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane