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lithide

lithide noun: a hypothetical alkalide with lithium as the anion.

Noun

lithide (plural lithides)

  1. A hypothetical alkalide with lithium as the anion.
    • The measured stabilities of the group IVa-lithides are compared with values calculated according to Pauling's rule: D(A-B) - 1/2[D(A-A) + D(B-B)] + 23(x_A-x_B)² kcal/mol in Table III.1981, Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, page 93
    • Summarized in Figure 12 are the ground-state potential curves for these lithides.1997, Daniel B. Lawson, The Quadrupole Moments of the First and Second Row Homonuclear Diatomics and the Spectroscopic Properties of Metal Lithides, page 252

Forms of lithide

plurallithides

Questions about lithide

What does lithide mean?
Lithide means a hypothetical alkalide with lithium as the anion.
What part of speech is lithide?
Lithide is a noun.
What is the plural of lithide?
The plural of lithide is lithides.

Words near lithide in the dictionary

  1. lithiations
  2. lithic
  3. lithic acid
  4. lithically
  5. lithics
  6. lithide
  7. lithides
  8. lithifaction
  9. lithification
  10. lithifications
  11. lithified

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