oxide
A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
Noun
- A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
- Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become melted, combine with oxygen of the atmosphere, and form what are called oxides. - 1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES:
- In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals. - 2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents:...
- In fact, nitric oxide (not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas) is one of our primary signalling molecules. - 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), pages 156–157:
Origin
Etymology tree 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 Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.
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alkylene oxide aluminium oxide aluminum oxide aluminium oxide hydroxide aluminum oxide hydroxide amine oxide aminyl oxide amitriptylinoxide antimonic oxide antimonioso-antimonic oxide antimonious oxide antimonous oxide antimony oxide arene oxide argentous oxide arsenious oxide arsine oxide aryloxide auric oxide aurous oxide barium copper oxide barium oxide beryllium aluminium oxide beryllium aluminum oxide