oxide
/ˈɒksaɪd/US/ˈɑksaɪd/
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oxide noun: a binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
Noun
oxide (countable and uncountable, plural oxides)
- A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
- Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become melted, combine with oxygen of the atmosphere, and form what are called oxides.1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES
- In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 13
oxide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
oxide in Hindi
- binary compound of oxygen
- जारेय jārey, ऑक्साइड ŏksāiḍ
oxide in Tamil
- உயிரகை, ஆக்சைடு
oxide in Bengali
- oxide
- অক্সাইড ôksaiḍ
oxide in Telugu
- oxide
- ఆక్సైడు āksaiḍu
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- oxide in Kannada
- ಆಮ್ಲಜನಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ āmlajanaka saṃyukta
- oxide in Assamese
- অক্সাইড oksaid
- oxide in Tagalog
- oksido
- oxide in Arabic
- أُكْسِيد ʔuksīd
- oxide in Malay
- oksida
- oxide in Indonesian
- oksida
- oxide in Persian
- اکسید oksid
- oxide in Thai
- ออกไซด์ ɔ́k-saai
- oxide in Vietnamese
- oxyt, oxit, oc xyt
Examples of oxide in a sentence
- Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
- By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.
- By molar fraction, calcium oxide contains equal parts calcium and oxygen.
Forms of oxide
| plural | oxides |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | oxid |
| alternative form (obsolete) | oxyd |
| alternative form (obsolete) | oxyde |
Origin of oxide
Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.
Words formed from oxide
- alkylene oxide
- aluminium oxide
- aluminum oxide
- aluminium oxide hydroxide
- aluminum oxide hydroxide
- amine oxide
- aminyl oxide
- amitriptylinoxide
- antimonic oxide
- antimonioso-antimonic oxide
- antimonious oxide
- antimonous oxide
- antimony oxide
- arene oxide
- argentous oxide
- arsenious oxide
- arsine oxide
- aryloxide
- auric oxide
- aurous oxide
- barium copper oxide
- barium oxide
- beryllium aluminium oxide
- beryllium aluminum oxide
- beryllium oxide
- binoxide
- bioxide
- bismuthic oxide
- bismuthous oxide
- bismuth oxide
- bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
- black oxide
- boric oxide
- boron oxide
- cacodyl oxide
- cadmium oxide
- calcium oxide
- californium oxide
- carbonic oxide
- carbon oxide
- carboxide
- carboxidotroph
- ceftioxide
- ceramic oxide
- ceric oxide
- cerium oxide
- cerous oxide
- chloric oxide
- chlorine oxide
- chlorous oxide
- chromic oxide
- chromium oxide
- chromous oxide
- cobaltous oxide
- cobalt oxide
- copper(II) oxide
- copper oxide
- cubic zirconium oxide
- cupric oxide
- cuprous oxide
Phrases with oxide
- red oxide
- iron oxide
- lead oxide
- zinc oxide
- ethyl oxide
- mixed oxide
- erbium oxide
- ferric oxide
- iridic oxide
- nitric oxide
- silver oxide
- sulfur oxide
40 more phrasesFewer phrases
- ferrous oxide
- lithium oxide
- mesityl oxide
- nitrous oxide
- oxide of iron
- silicon oxide
- styrene oxide
- sulphur oxide
- terbium oxide
- tritium oxide
- yttrium oxide
- ethylene oxide
- fluorine oxide
- hydrogen oxide
- iron(II) oxide
- lutetium oxide
- nitrogen oxide
- rubidium oxide
- titanium oxide
- deuterium oxide
- iron(III) oxide
- magnesium oxide
- phosphine oxide
- propylene oxide
- strontium oxide
- ytterbium oxide
- zirconium oxide
- dinitrogen oxide
- iron(II,III) oxide
- Persian Gulf oxide
- polyphenylene oxide
- red manganese oxide
- white arsenic oxide
- ferrous-ferric oxide
- manganomanganic oxide
- lean nitrogen oxide trap
- pentabromodiphenyl oxide
- lean nitrogen oxide traps
- lithium titanate oxide battery
- lithium titanate oxide batteries
Words that rhyme with oxide
Questions about oxide
- What does oxide mean?
- Oxide means a binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
- What is oxide in Hindi?
- Oxide in Hindi is जारेय (jārey), ऑक्साइड (ŏksāiḍ). See Oxide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oxide?
- Oxide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oxide?
- Oxide is pronounced /ˈɒksaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oxide?
- The plural of oxide is oxides.
Words near oxide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oxide (page history and authors); oxide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্সাইড (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఆక్సైడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); অক্সাইড (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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