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carboxide

carboxide noun: a compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical; carboxylic acid or carbon oxide.

Noun

carboxide (plural carboxides)

  1. (obsolete) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical; carboxylic acid or carbon oxide.
    • Carboxide of potassium is a frey or black, loose pulverulent mass.1856, Leopold Gmelin, Hand-book of Chemistry - Volume 10, page 397
    • potassium carboxide
  2. A gas composed of 10% ethylene oxide on a carrier of 90% carbon dioxide, used for sterilization.
    • Closure should be as airtight as possible in order to reduce leakage of carboxide to a minimum.1943, United States. Navy, Bureau of ships Manual, pages 36-29
    • Also, carboxide requires a gasproof chamber to be effective.1957, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Passive Defense, page 275

Forms of carboxide

pluralcarboxides

Origin of carboxide

Blend of carbon + oxide.

Questions about carboxide

What does carboxide mean?
Carboxide means a compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical; carboxylic acid or carbon oxide.
What part of speech is carboxide?
Carboxide is a noun.
What is the plural of carboxide?
The plural of carboxide is carboxides.

Words near carboxide in the dictionary

  1. carboxamidomethylations
  2. carboxamidopeptidase
  3. carboxanilide
  4. carboxanilides
  5. carboxemia
  6. carboxide
  7. carboxides
  8. carboxidotroph
  9. carboxidotrophic
  10. carboxidotrophs
  11. carboxidotrophy

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