Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for protoxide. Search instead for protofiber.

protoxide

American  
[proh-tok-sahyd, -sid] / proʊˈtɒk saɪd, -sɪd /
Also protoxid

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the one of a series of oxides having the smallest proportion of oxygen.


protoxide British  
/ prəʊˈtɒksaɪd /

noun

  1. the oxide of an element that contains the smallest amount of oxygen of any of its oxides

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of protoxide

prot- + oxide

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

What is the difference between peroxide and protoxide of iron?

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

How would you treat a soil containing protoxide of iron?

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

Brush ore is a hydrate with protoxide of iron, and frequently, if not much mixed with calcareous earth, contains from 60 to 65 per cent. of iron. 

From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls

What is the difference between the peroxide and the protoxide of iron?

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

Dr. C. thinks, that one-fourth of a grain of the precipitated protoxide, as prepared by Mr. Evans, is equal to three or four grains of the blue mass.—Journ. of the Philad.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training