tetroxide

[ te-trok-sahyd, -sid ]

/ tɛˈtrɒk saɪd, -sɪd /

Save This Word!

noun Chemistry.

an oxide whose molecule contains four atoms of oxygen.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of tetroxide

First recorded in 1865–70; tetr- + oxide

Words nearby tetroxide

tetrazene, Tetrazzini, tetrode, tetrodotoxin, tetrose, tetroxide, tetryl, tetrytol, tetter, tetterbush, tettigoniid

How to use tetroxide in a sentence

Antimonic oxide is converted on ignition into the tetroxide (Sb2O4) with loss of oxygen.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The residue is a white infusible powder, and consists of antimony tetroxide, Sb2O4, containing 78.94 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Trimanganese tetroxide, Mn3O4, is produced more or less pure when the other oxides are heated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various
Osmium tetroxide (OsO4) is a very volatile liquid and is used under the name of osmic acid as a stain for sections in microscopy.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson

On strongly heating in air it is converted into the tetroxide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tetroxide

tetroxide

tetroxid (tɛˈtrɒksɪd)

/ (tɛˈtrɒksaɪd) /

noun

any oxide that contains four oxygen atoms per moleculeosmium tetroxide, OsO 4

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