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iodide

[ ahy-uh-dahyd, -did ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a salt of hydriodic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
  2. a compound containing iodine, as methyl iodide.


iodide

/ ˈaɪəˌdaɪd /

noun

  1. a salt of hydriodic acid, containing the iodide ion, I
  2. a compound containing an iodine atom, such as methyl iodide, CH 3 I


iodide

/ īə-dīd′ /

  1. A chemical compound consisting of iodine together with another element or radical.


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Other Words From

  • sub·io·dide noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of iodide1

First recorded in 1815–25; iod- + -ide ( def )

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Example Sentences

But the shops usually do not carry potassium iodide in large quantities, and many have sold out and now have long waiting lists.

They have been going into radiated areas without any protection or potassium iodide.

CVS, meanwhile, carries no radiation-fighting iodide, according to a representative.

This must have depended upon the free iodide it contained, and yet such collodion has worked most admirably.

It has since been obtained, in a separate state, by the action of sodium upon iodide of allyl.

By this time the iodide of silver looked like pure solid brimstone in the wet paper.

HCl, cooled in ice, and diazotized with sodium nitrite solution, until starch iodide paper showed excess nitrous acid.

Suspecting a specific origin for this malady, I put him on the use of iodide potassium, with increasing doses.

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