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disulphide

British  
/ daɪˈsʌlfaɪd /

noun

  1. Also called (not in technical usage): bisulphide.  any chemical compound containing two sulphur atoms per molecule

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Because these movements are very fast, Hagelueken's team used what is known as disulphide engineering, a special biotechnological tool, to block the transporter.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

I could apply a dry coating of tungsten disulphide to the BTUs, like I’d read about on gun forums.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 2022

Whittingham put metallic lithium in one end and a layered material called titanitum disulphide at the other; the titanium had spaces that could capture the flowing electrons.

From Scientific American • Oct. 9, 2019

This TM3–ECL2 disulphide bridge anchors the extracellular side of the helix near the binding site, and limits the extent of the conformational changes of this region during receptor activation.

From Nature • Feb. 13, 2013

Sulphides.—Bismuth combines directly with sulphur to form a, disulphide, Bi2S2, and a trisulphide, Bi2S3, the latter compound being formed when the sulphur is in excess.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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