Haloid Definition

haloid
adjective
Of, like, or from a halogen.
Webster's New World

(chemistry) 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 the fluorides and cyanides.

Wiktionary
noun
(chemistry) Any haloid substance.
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Other Word Forms of Haloid

Noun

Singular:
haloid
Plural:
haloids

Origin of Haloid

  • Ancient Greek salt + -oid

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Haloid Sentence Examples

  • There are various haloid derivatives of sulphurous acid.

  • From the fact that reduction products containing either one or two double linkages behave exactly as unsaturated aliphatic compounds, being readily reduced or oxidized, and combining with the halogen elements and haloid acids, it seems probable that in benzenoid compounds the fourth valencies are symmetrically distributed in such a manner as to induce a peculiar stability in the molecule.

  • The product is dissolved in water, and the calcium haloid estimated in the usual way.

  • The phosphorous haloids give the corresponding ethyl haloid.

  • The spectra, for instance, of the oxides and haloid salts of the alkaline earths show great resemblance to each other, the bands being similar and similarly placed.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAL

Words Ending With

DIDOID

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