Definition of oxides Oxides
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What does oxides mean?
Wiktionary 
- oxides (Noun)
Plural of oxide.
Part of speech
🔤- oxides, noun, plural of oxide.
WordNet
NounPlural: oxides |
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| oxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical | ||
| chemical compound, compound an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | ||
| titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide, titania a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | ||
| pentoxide an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule | ||
| nitrogen oxide any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts | ||
| burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked lime, lime a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide | ||
| copper oxide an oxide of copper | ||
| dioxide an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | ||
| ferric oxide a red oxide of iron | ||
| monoxide an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule | ||
| peroxide an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O- | ||
| minium, red lead a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics | ||
| silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite | ||
| sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide any of several oxides of sulphur | ||
| superoxide the univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-" | ||
| tetroxide an oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule | ||
| trioxide an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule | ||
| flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool, zinc oxide oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oxide (n.)
A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oxide
Binary chemical compound in which oxygen is combined with a metal or nonmetal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oxide
oks′īd, n. a compound of oxygen and some other element or organic radical. Oxides are of three kinds—acid-forming, basic, and neutral.—n. Oxidabil′ity.—adj. Ox′idable, capable of being converted into an oxide.—v.t. Ox′idate (same as Oxidise).—ns. Oxidā′tion, Oxidise′ment, act or process of oxidising; Ox′idātor, a contrivance for drawing a current of air to the flame of a lamp.—adj. Oxidis′able, capable of being oxidised.—v.t. Ox′idise, to convert into an oxide.—v.i. to become an oxide.—n. Oxidis′er
Wikipedia 
- An oxide is a chemical compound containing an oxygen atom and other elements. Most of the earth's crust consists of oxides. Oxides result when elements are oxidized by air.
Part of speech
🔤- oxide, noun, singular of oxides.
