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.
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Nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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