trioxide

[ trahy-ok-sahyd, -sid ]

/ traɪˈɒk saɪd, -sɪd /

noun Chemistry.

an oxide containing three oxygen atoms, as As2O3.

Nearby words

triol, triolein, triolet, triose, triosephosphate isomerase, trioxide, trip, trip line, trip out, trip switch, trip the light fantastic

Origin of trioxide

First recorded in 1865–70; tri- + oxide

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Examples from the Web for trioxide

When heated to a higher temperature chromic hydroxide is completely dehydrated, forming the trioxide Cr2O3.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
It is weighed when cold, and is the trioxide or "tungstic acid" (WO3), which contains 79.31 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The Flowers of Antimony is an impure oxysulphide of antimony, with variable proportions of trioxide and undecomposed trisulphide.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The quantity of the borate taken should contain not more than 0.2 gram of the trioxide.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

All molybdenum compounds are converted into the trioxide by boiling with nitric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for trioxide

trioxide

/ (traɪˈɒksaɪd) /

noun

any oxide that contains three oxygen atoms per moleculesulphur trioxide, SO 3

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trioxide

noun Chemistry.

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trioxide

noun

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