arsenide

[ ahr-suh-nahyd, -nid ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag3As.

Origin of arsenide

1
1860–65; arsen- + -ide

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British Dictionary definitions for arsenide

arsenide

/ (ˈɑːsəˌnaɪd) /


noun
  1. a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element

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