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Sesquisulphide

Ses`qui*sul"phide\, n. [Sesqui- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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