Pnictide
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any binary compound of a pnictogen
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnígein, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen), from Pre-Greek, + -ide. By surface analysis, pnicto- + -ide.
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