Sulfide

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group. US

    "Newmont Mining Corp's Yanacocha sulfides project to expand gold production in Peru has been delayed and will only be developed "at the pace the pandemic allows," CEO Tom Palmer said on Wednesday at an industry conference."

  2. 2
    a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive wordnet
  3. 3
    (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

Synonyms

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alcoholchemicalsulphidesulphuret

Example

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"The rotting leaves produced large quantities of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas."

Etymology

From sulf(ur) + -ide.

Related phrases

aluminium sulphidealuminum sulfideantimony sulfideantimony sulphidearsenic sulfidearsenio-sulfidearsenio-sulphidearseno-sulfidearseno-sulphidebarium sulfidebarium sulphidecadmic sulfide

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