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
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Contemporary Examples of oxide
The zirconium alloy will react with water to produce hydrogen and oxide, but it also produces heat that has to be removed.
Historical Examples of oxide
It was claimed that in this way the presence of specks of oxide was avoided.
On Laboratory ArtsRichard Threlfall
In general, then, an oxide is a compound of oxygen with another element.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
If more hydrogen is admitted, some of the oxide will be reduced to metal.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
Iron, for example, occurs largely in the form of the oxide Fe2O3.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
It is composed of silica, alumina, carbonate of lime, magnesia and oxide of iron.
Museum of AntiquityL. W. Yaggy
oxide
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Word Origin for oxide
C18: from French, from ox (ygène) + (ac) ide; see oxygen, acid
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