halide

Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).

Noun

  1. Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
    • sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride

    Hypernyms: salt compound substance material

    Coordinate Terms: pseudohalide

    1. (especially) Such a salt with a single halogen atom.

      • Potassium iodide is a halide.

      Hypernyms: salt compound substance material

      Coordinate Terms: pseudohalide dihalide

  2. The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).
    • Iodide is a halide.

    Hypernyms: anion ion

    Coordinate Terms: pseudohalide

Origin

Etymology tree English hal(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English halide From hal(ogen) + -ide.

Forms

halides

Derived

acyl halide alkyl halide dihalide halided hydrogen halide hydrohalide metal halide lamp monohalide organohalide oxohalide oxyhalide pentahalide pseudohalide selenyl halide tetrahalide trihalide vinyl halide