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fluorides

fluorides is the plural of fluoride.

Meaning of fluoride

Noun

fluoride (countable and uncountable, plural fluorides)

  1. A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
    1. Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
      • However, too much fluoride produces a mottling effect on teeth. Large doses of fluoride are actually toxic.2000, Lawrie Ryan, Advanced Chemistry for You, Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 54
  2. The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

Phrases with fluorides

Questions about fluorides

What is fluorides the plural of?
Fluorides is the plural of fluoride.

Words near fluorides in the dictionary

  1. fluoride
  2. fluoride stare
  3. fluoride stares
  4. fluorided
  5. fluoridelike
  6. fluorides
  7. fluoridise
  8. fluoridised
  9. fluoridises
  10. fluoridising
  11. fluoridization

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