oxide
A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical elementA binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
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Meaning
1 senses(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
7 sentencesNitrous oxide is inert at room temperature.
Corundum is a form of aluminum oxide.
Nitrous oxide stopped being used as an anaesthetic a long time ago.
I love nitrous oxide.
What made the comedian's audience laugh so uncontrollably that night was a convenient nitrous oxide leak.
Translations
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Origin
Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de MArchaic 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: oxidesWord family
119 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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