hydrogen iodide
noun
a colorless gas, HI, having a suffocating odor: the anhydride of hydriodic acid.
Origin of hydrogen iodide
1First recorded in 1895–1900
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British Dictionary definitions for hydrogen iodide
hydrogen iodide
noun
a colourless poisonous corrosive gas obtained by a catalysed reaction between hydrogen and iodine vapour: used in making iodides. Formula: HI
an aqueous solution of this gas; hydriodic acid
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