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ox⋅ide

  [ok-sahyd, -sid]
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–noun Chemistry.
a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
Also, ox⋅id  [ok-sid] .

Origin:
1780–90; < F (now oxyde), b. oxygène and acide. See oxygen, acid

Related forms:
ox⋅id⋅ic  [ok-sid-ik] , adjective
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Oxid

Ox"id\, n. (Chem.) See Oxide.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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