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noun
Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt, compound, substance, material
noun
Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt, compound, substance, material
noun
The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anion, ion
noun
A metal halide lamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a salt of any halogen acid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt
Narrower terms: bromide, fluoride, iodide, chloride, tetrahalide
History
Etymology tree English hal(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English halide From hal(ogen) + -ide.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
