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Oxide
Ox′ide
(ŏks′ĭd or ŏks′īd)
, Noun.
[F.
ox
ygène oxygen + acide
acid: cf. F. oxyde
. The French word was correctly spelt oxide
, till about the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the true history and composition of the word, the orthography was change to make it represent the υ
of Gr. ὀξύς
, from which it was supposed to be directly derived.] (Chem.)
A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary;
as, iron
oxide
, ethyl oxide
, nitrogen oxide
, etc.☞ In the chemical nomenclature adopted by
Guyton de Morveau
, Lavoisier
, and their associates, the term oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen which had no acid (F. acide) properties, as contrasted with the acids, all of which were at that time supposed to contain oxygen. The orthography oxyde
, oxyd
, etc., was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in English. The spelling oxid
is not common. Definition 2024
Oxide
oxide
oxide
English
Alternative forms
Noun
oxide (countable and uncountable, plural oxides)
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Translations
binary compound of oxygen
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References
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) oxyde
Pronunciation
Noun
oxide n (plural oxiden or oxides)
Related terms
French
Noun
oxide m (plural oxides)
- Obsolete spelling of oxyde
- 1800, Mathurin-Jacques Brisson, Élemens ou principes physio-chymiques, destiné à servir aux Principes de Physique ; à l'usage des écoles centrales, page 47
- dans cette combinaison, l'hydrogène de l'ammoniaque se combine avec l'oxigène de l'oxide, et forme de l'eau ; et l'azote se dégage sous forme gaseuse.
- 1800, Mathurin-Jacques Brisson, Élemens ou principes physio-chymiques, destiné à servir aux Principes de Physique ; à l'usage des écoles centrales, page 47
Portuguese
Verb
oxide
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of oxidar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of oxidar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of oxidar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of oxidar
Spanish
Verb
oxide