Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Divalent anionic oxygen, or a compound of oxygen, especially a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
oxid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A
binary chemical compound ofoxygen with another chemicalelement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Import of the term oxide as applied to a gaseous body -- carbonic ox. contains half as much oxygen as carbonic acid -- hence may be obtained by abstracting from carbonic acid half its oxygen.
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Nitrous oxide (N2O): Nitrous oxide is produced largely by agricultural practices, as well as manure and sewage management.
Prevention of Global Warming: Understanding The Main Causes 2009
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Nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Aquatic Dead Zones are Assisting Climate Change with Nitrous Oxide | Inhabitat 2010
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The problem didn't affect the flow of nitric oxide from the device, the company said, but it could cause the device to show fluctuating concentrations of the gas.
One IPO Gains, Other Cuts Price Range Lynn Cowan 2010
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All my friends in Queenslunders are still under a nasty layer of red oxide from the dust storms that blew over months ago. heh heh heh.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Here’s what I did at six o’clock this morning. 2009
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Titanium oxide is cheap and safe, already being used in many products ranging from face powder to white paint, the professor said.
Researchers Discover ‘Super Disc’ Material | Impact Lab 2010
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The few-micron-thick layer of aluminum oxide is the only thing holding an airplane together.
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In crystal form, aluminum oxide is called corundum, sapphire or ruby (depending on the color), and it is among the hardest substances known.
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Using black oxide is tricky that way; if you use too much, it will create black bubbles in the tub.
Owls and Button Flowers Anne-Marie 2008
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It would be nice to think the iron ore, possibly a low grade lime-held ore from South Liecestershire, was glacially, or later aluvially, eroded and bled to water courses depositing amongst fine brick-clay beds, it may be that the iron oxide is in fact identical in both the brick and the sign, hence the great colour match - of course.
Rust Never Sleeps Peter Ashley 2008
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