selenide

American  

[sel-uh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈsɛl əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.

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Etymology

Origin of selenide

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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selenide

At the same time, the researchers continue to investigate other characteristics of thin film iron telluride selenide to better understand its potential for next generation quantum computing.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

However, very similar curves also appeared in Dr. Dias’s thesis for an entirely different material, germanium selenide.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

China’s controls, to take effect from August 1, will apply to eight gallium-related products: gallium antimonide, gallium arsenide, gallium metal, gallium nitride, gallium oxide, gallium phosphide, gallium selenide and indium gallium arsenide.

From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023

The record came in 2014 when Mercouri Kanatzidis, a materials scientist at Northwestern University, and his colleagues came up with a single crystal of tin selenide with a ZT of 3.1.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2021

Two selenides of boron, B2Se3 and B4Se, corresponding to the above described sulphides, have also been prepared by M. Sabatier, by heating amorphous boron in a stream of hydrogen selenide, H2Se.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

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