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Haloid
Ha′loid
(hā′loid or hăl′oid)
, Adj.
[Gr.
ἄλς
, ἁλόσ
salt + -oid
: cf. F. haloïde
.] (Chem.)
Resembling salt; – said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.
– Noun.
A haloid substance.