sulphide

noun

a compound of sulphur with a more electropositive element
another name for thio-ether

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Examples from the Web for sulphide

Historical Examples

The most important are the sulphide, carbonate, and hydroxide.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry
William McPherson
Antimony is prepared from the sulphide in a very simple manner.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry
William McPherson
This sulphide will give tones which are sepia brown with most papers.
Bromide Printing and Enlarging
John A. Tennant
It looked like gin, and it smelt like a sulphide factory when it got on my clothes.
The La Chance Mine Mystery
Susan Carleton Jones
The remaining 85 per cent is derived from the sulphide group.
The Economic Aspect of Geology
C. K. Leith

sulphide

Examples from the Web for sulphide

Historical Examples

The most important are the sulphide, carbonate, and hydroxide.

Antimony is prepared from the sulphide in a very simple manner.

This sulphide will give tones which are sepia brown with most papers.

It looked like gin, and it smelt like a sulphide factory when it got on my clothes.

The remaining 85 per cent is derived from the sulphide group.