haloid

American  

[hal-oid, hey-loid] / ˈhæl ɔɪd, ˈheɪ lɔɪd /

adjective

1. Also halogenoid resembling or derived from a halogen.

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noun

1. a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.

haloid British  

/ ˈhælɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling or derived from a halogen

   a haloid salt

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noun

1. a compound containing halogen atoms in its molecules; halide

Etymology

Origin of haloid

First recorded in 1835–45; hal- + -oid

Example Sentences

One of the most important is the Friedel and Craft’s reaction, in which an aromatic compound combines with an alkyl haloid in the presence of aluminium, zinc or ferric chloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

The haloid salts are easily volatilized, without decomposition.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The product is dissolved in water, and the calcium haloid estimated in the usual way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Another class of bodies also concerns our subject: the special sensitisers used by the photographer to modify the spectral distribution of sensibility of the haloid salts, _e.g._ eosine, fuchsine, cyanine.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John