haloid

[hal-oid, hey-loid]Chemistry

adjective

Also hal·o·gen·oid [hal-uh-juh-noid, hey-luh-] /ˈhæl ə dʒəˌnɔɪd, ˈheɪ lə-/. resembling or derived from a halogen.

noun

a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.

Origin of haloid

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

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Examples from the Web for haloid

Contemporary Examples of haloid

Haloid spent nearly 15 years and $75 million developing prototype copiers, even building a factory in 1954 far ahead of demand.
Pioneers in Printing
The Daily Beast
October 21, 2014
By 1961, when the company changed its name from Haloid to Xerox, 10,000 had been installed.
Pioneers in Printing
The Daily Beast
October 21, 2014

Historical Examples of haloid

We have, in fact, but the one resource—the allotropic modification of the haloid—whereby to explain all these orders of stability.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays
J. (John) Joly
The haloid salts are easily volatilized, without decomposition.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for haloid

haloid

adjective

resembling or derived from a halogena haloid salt

noun

a compound containing halogen atoms in its molecules; halide

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