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sulfide

[ suhl-fahyd, -fid ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.


sulfide

/ sŭlfīd′ /

  1. A chemical compound of sulfur and another element or radical, such as hydrogen sulfide.


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Other Words From

  • sub·sulfide noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sulfide1

1830–40; sulf(ur) + -ide ( def )

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Example Sentences

Their hydrogen sulfide plant blew a crater in the ground a year ago.

As the pupils of his eyes dilated he worked by touch, spreading a bit of powder on the end containing the special sulfide screen.

A man can live in a boiler factory or in a cubist art gallery, but he cannot live in a room containing hydrogen sulfide.

Or if hydrogen sulfide is mixed with the acetylene we may get thiophenes, which have sulfur in the ring.

The luminous watch dials consist of a coating of zinc sulfide under continual bombardment by the radium projectiles.

But there are two gases that he always remembers, chlorine and hydrogen sulfide.

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