oxide
[ok-sahyd, -sid]
- a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
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Also ox·id [ok-sid] /ˈɒk sɪd/.
Origin of oxide
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The zirconium alloy will react with water to produce hydrogen and oxide, but it also produces heat that has to be removed.
Historical Examples
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
- 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
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Word Origin
C18: from French, from ox (ygène) + (ac) ide; see oxygen, acid
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oxide
(ŏk′sīd′)- A binary compound of an element or radical with oxygen.
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oxide
[ŏk′sīd′]
- A compound of oxygen and another element or radical. Water (H2O) is an oxide.
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