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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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Oxide

Ox"ide\, n. [F. oxyg[`e]ne oxygen + acide acid: cf. F. oxyde. The French word was correctly spelt oxide, till about the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the true history and composition of the word, the orthography was change to make it represent the [upsilon] of Gr. 'oxy`s, from which it was supposed to be directly derived.] (Chem.) A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Note: In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier,and their associates, the term oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen which had no acid (F. acide) properties, as contrasted with the acids, all of which were at that time supposed to contain oxygen. The orthography oxyde, oxyd, etc., was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in English. The spelling oxid is not common.
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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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oxide   (ŏk'sīd')  Pronunciation Key 
A compound of oxygen and another element or radical. Water (H2O) is an oxide.
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