sulfide

[ suhl-fahyd, -fid ]

/ ˈsʌl faɪd, -fɪd /

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noun Chemistry.

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

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Origin of sulfide

1830–40; sulf(ur) + -ide

OTHER WORDS FROM sulfide

sub·sul·fide, noun

Words nearby sulfide

sulfate process, sulfate pulp, sulfathiazole, sulfatize, sulfhydryl, sulfide, sulfinpyrazone, sulfinyl, sulfinyl group, sulfisoxazole, sulfite

How to use sulfide in a sentence

While some microbes in the area produce sulfides, the cable bacteria remove those chemicals and help prevent them from moving up into the water column.
Electrical bacteria may help clean oil spills and curb methane emissions|Nikk Ogasa|July 29, 2022|Science News
It’s possible that being long helps the cells gain access to oxygen and sulfide, says Volland.
This giant bacterium lives up to its name|Erin Garcia de Jesús|July 27, 2022|Science News For Students
One possibility, Volland said, is that being centimeters long helps cells access both oxygen and sulfide, which the bacteria need to survive.
This giant bacterium is the largest one found yet|Erin Garcia de Jesús|June 23, 2022|Science News
In particular, she says, hydrogen sulfide gas—which stems from eating meat, eggs and fish—smells worse.
The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears|Stacey Colino|March 14, 2022|Time

Certain bacteria can also produce another gas, hydrogen sulfide, but this type of SIBO does not have its own name.
The Mysteries and Underdiagnosis of SIBO|Meaghan Beatley|March 7, 2022|Time
Their hydrogen sulfide plant blew a crater in the ground a year ago.
13 Revelations From Reddit’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Thread Exposing Alleged Industry Secrets|Nina Strochlic|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the pupils of his eyes dilated he worked by touch, spreading a bit of powder on the end containing the special sulfide screen.
The Blue Ghost Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
A man can live in a boiler factory or in a cubist art gallery, but he cannot live in a room containing hydrogen sulfide.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
Or if hydrogen sulfide is mixed with the acetylene we may get thiophenes, which have sulfur in the ring.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
The luminous watch dials consist of a coating of zinc sulfide under continual bombardment by the radium projectiles.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
But there are two gases that he always remembers, chlorine and hydrogen sulfide.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson

Scientific definitions for sulfide

sulfide

[ sŭl′fīd′ ]

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