dioxide

Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

Noun

  1. Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
    • Discoid lesions and minor subacute involvement may be controlled by freezing with carbon dioxide or a course of atabrine. - 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern...
    • Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides. - 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene:...
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. - 2013...

    Synonyms: binoxide deutoxide

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide English dioxide From di- + oxide.

Forms

dioxides dinoxide dioxid

Derived

americium dioxide berkelium dioxide calcium dioxide carbon dioxide carbon dioxide snow cerium dioxide chlorine dioxide chromium dioxide curium dioxide diazoxide germanium dioxide hafnium dioxide hydrogen dioxide lead dioxide manganese dioxide nitrogen dioxide pentacarbon dioxide plumbic dioxide plutonium dioxide ruthenium dioxide selenium dioxide silicon dioxide sulfur dioxide sulphur dioxide