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Halide

//ˈheɪ.laɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).

    "sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride"

  2. 2
    a salt of any halogen acid wordnet
  3. 3
    Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).; Such a salt with a single halogen atom. especially

    "Potassium iodide is a halide."

  4. 4
    The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).

    "Iodide is a halide."

Etymology

From hal(ogen) + -ide.

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