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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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ox·ide   (ŏk'sīd')   
n.  A binary compound of an element or radical with oxygen.

[French : ox(ygène), oxygen; see oxygen + (ac)ide, acid (from Latin acidus, tart, acid; see acid).]
ox·id'ic (ŏk-sĭd'ĭk) adj.
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Word Origin & History

oxide 
"compound of oxygen with another element," 1790, from Fr. oxide (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier from ox(ygène) + (ac)ide. See oxygen. Oxidation (1791) is from Fr. oxidation (1787), noun of action from oxider "oxidize," from oxide. Verb oxidize is attested from 1802 (implied in oxidizable).
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Main Entry: ox·ide
Pronunciation: 'äk-"sId
Function: noun
: a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element or chemical group
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oxide ox·ide (ŏk'sīd')
n.
A binary compound of an element or a radical with oxygen.

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