azide

[az-ahyd, -id, ey-zahyd, ey-zid]

az·ide

[az-ahyd, -id, ey-zahyd, ey-zid]
noun Chemistry.
any compound containing the azido group, as sodium azide, NaN3.

Origin:
az- + -ide
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Azide is always a great word to know.
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a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat
a compound of high molecular weight made by adding many smaller molecules or by condensation smaller molecules with the elimination of water or alcohol
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azide (ˈeɪzaɪd)
 
n
1.  any compound containing the monovalent group --N3 or the monovalent ion N3--
2.  (modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group --N3 or the ion N3--: azide group or radical

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azide

any of a class of chemical compounds containing three nitrogen atoms as a group, represented as (-N3). Azides are considered as derived from hydrazoic acid (HN3), an inorganic salt such as sodium azide (NaN3), or an organic derivative in which the hydrogen atom of hydrazoic acid is replaced by a hydrocarbon group as in alkyl or aryl azide (RN3), or by an acyl (carboxylic acid) group as in acyl azide.

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