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Webster 1913 Edition

Dioxide

Di-ox′ide

(?; 104)

,

Noun.

[Pref.

di-

+

oxide

.]

(Chem.)

(a)

An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.

(b)

An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide.

[Obs.]

Carbon dioxide

.

See

Carbonic acid

, under

.