Oxide Definition

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noun
A binary compound of oxygen with some other element or with a radical.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Oxide

Noun

Singular:
oxide
Plural:
oxides

Origin of Oxide

  • Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier.

    From Wiktionary

  • French ox(ygène) oxygen oxygen (ac)ide acid (from Latin acidus tart, acid acid)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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