oxide

[ok-sahyd, -sid]

noun Chemistry.

a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.

Also ox·id

[ok-sid] /ˈɒk sɪd/.

Origin of oxide

1780–90; < French (now oxyde), blend of oxygène and acide. See oxygen, acid

Related formsox·id·ic

[ok-sid-ik] /ɒkˈsɪd ɪk/, adjective

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An oxid is a combination of oxygen with a metal or base destitute of an acid.
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British Dictionary definitions for oxid

oxide

noun

any compound of oxygen with another element

any organic compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two alkyl or aryl groups; an ether or epoxide

Word Origin for oxide

C18: from French, from ox (ygène) + (ac) ide; see oxygen, acid

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Word Origin and History for oxid

oxide

"compound of oxygen with another element," 1790, from French oxide (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier from ox(ygène) (see oxygen) + (ac)ide "acid" (see acid).

oxid in Medicine

oxide

[ŏk′sīd′]

n.

A binary compound of an element or radical with oxygen.

oxid in Science

oxide

[ŏk′sīd′]

A compound of oxygen and another element or radical. Water (H2O) is an oxide.