sulfide

[ suhl-fahyd, -fid ]

/ ˈsʌl faɪd, -fɪd /

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a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.

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1830–40; sulf(ur) + -ide

sub·sul·fide, noun

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Their hydrogen sulfide plant blew a crater in the ground a year ago.
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As the pupils of his eyes dilated he worked by touch, spreading a bit of powder on the end containing the special sulfide screen.
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A man can live in a boiler factory or in a cubist art gallery, but he cannot live in a room containing hydrogen sulfide.
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Or if hydrogen sulfide is mixed with the acetylene we may get thiophenes, which have sulfur in the ring.
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The luminous watch dials consist of a coating of zinc sulfide under continual bombardment by the radium projectiles.
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But there are two gases that he always remembers, chlorine and hydrogen sulfide.
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sulfide

[ sŭl′fīd′ ]

A compound of bivalent sulfur with an electropositive element or group, especially a binary compound of sulfur with a metal.

sulfide

[ sŭl′fīd′ ]

A chemical compound of sulfur and another element or radical, such as hydrogen sulfide.