dioxide

[ dahy-ok-sahyd, -sid ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen, each of which is bonded directly to an atom of a second element, as manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , or nitrogen dioxide, NO 2 .

dioxide

/ daɪˈɒksaɪd /

noun

1. any oxide containing two oxygen atoms per molecule, both of which are bonded to an atom of another element
2. See peroxide
   another name for a peroxide

dioxide

/ dī-ŏk′sīd /

1. A compound containing two oxygen atoms per molecule.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dioxide¹

First recorded in 1840–50; di- ¹ + oxide

Example Sentences

Waste carbon dioxide emitted at a refinery or factory is captured at the source and then stored in an aim to remove the potential harmful byproduct from the environment and mitigate climate change.

From TechCrunch

That makes them a key part of the Earth process of pulling climate-warming carbon dioxide out of the air.

From Science News For Students

The subducting plate begins to melt, and volcanoes bloom on the overlying plate, belching carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere.

From Science News

Saudi Aramco is close to signing a $15 million deal with Global Thermostat to capture carbon dioxide, add hydrogen and make synthetic gasoline.

From Washington Post

Respiration describes how oxygen moves into our cells and carbon dioxide moves out.

From Science News For Students

It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.

From The Daily Beast

Other psychiatrists attempted to treat schizophrenia with carbon dioxide gas and artificially-induced comas.

From The Daily Beast

The higher levels of carbon dioxide will induce something of a feeding frenzy for plants, at least for a while.

From The Daily Beast

Grosvenor Place, which runs alongside the palace, has almost four times the maximum permissible amount of nitrogen dioxide.

From The Daily Beast

“We are short of carbon dioxide for the needs of the plants,” Anderson said.

From The Daily Beast

The primary purpose of respiration in all animals is the same—namely, to furnish oxygen and remove carbon dioxide (carbonic acid).

From Project Gutenberg

If we collect enough of these bubbles of gas to make a test, we find it to be carbon dioxide.

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In previous experiments we have proved that carbon dioxide is given off by any living thing when oxidation occurs in the body.

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The plants give off oxygen to the animals, and the animals give carbon dioxide to the plants.

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The organs of respiration: the organs in which the blood receives oxygen and gives up carbon dioxide.

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