Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

    Oxid

    о́кисьókisʹ, окси́дoksíd

    any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

Examples

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  1. Nitrous oxide is inert at room temperature.

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  2. Corundum is a form of aluminum oxide.

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  3. Nitrous oxide stopped being used as an anaesthetic a long time ago.

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  4. I love nitrous oxide.

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  5. What made the comedian's audience laugh so uncontrollably that night was a convenient nitrous oxide leak.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
binary compound of oxygen:
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binary compound of oxygen:

Origin

Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de M

Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.

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Forms

plural: oxides
Singularoxide
Pluraloxides

regular

Word family

119 related words
Relatedoxidableoxidantoxidaseoxidateoxidoreductaseoxidizeoxidise
DeriveddioxideB1alkylene oxidealuminium oxideamine oxideaminyl oxideamitriptylinoxidearene oxidearsine oxidearyloxideberyllium oxidebioxideblack oxideboric oxideboron oxidecacodyl oxidecadmium oxidecalcium oxidecarbon oxidecarboxidecarboxidotrophceftioxidechlorine oxidechromic oxidecobaltous oxide

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
owtoxidantoxidationoxidizeoxygenB1oxymoronoyster
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