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bro⋅mide
[broh-mahyd or, for 1, broh-mid]
–noun
| 1. | Chemistry.
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| 2. | Pharmacology. potassium bromide, known to produce central nervous system depression, formerly used as a sedative. |
| 3. | a platitude or trite saying. |
| 4. | a person who is platitudinous and boring. |
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Bromide
Bro"mide\, n. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.Bromide
Bro"mide\, n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] -- Bro*mid"ic, a. [Slang] The bromide conforms to everythyng sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. --Gelett Burgess.Bromide
Bromide\, or Bromid paper \Bromid, paper\ (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
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bromide
1836, from bromine, the pungent, poisonous element (1827), from Fr. brome, from Gk. bromos "stench." Used as a sedative; figurative sense of "dull, conventional person or trite saying" popularized by U.S. humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) in his book "Are You a Bromide?" (1906).
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Main Entry: bro·mide
Pronunciation: 'brO-"mId
Function: noun
1 : a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some(as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
2 : a dose of bromide taken usually as a sedative
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bromide bro·mide (brō'mīd')
n.
- A binary compound of bromine with another element, especially a salt containing monovalent negatively charged bromine.
- Potassium bromide.
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| bromide (brō'mīd') Pronunciation Key
A compound, such as potassium bromide, containing bromine and another element or radical. |
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