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oxyde

oxyde is the obsolete spelling of oxide.

Meaning of oxide

Noun

oxide (countable and uncountable, plural oxides)

  1. 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

Forms of oxyde

pluraloxydes

Questions about oxyde

What is oxyde the obsolete spelling of?
Oxyde is the obsolete spelling of oxide.

Words near oxyde in the dictionary

  1. oxydated
  2. oxydates
  3. oxydating
  4. oxydation
  5. oxydations
  6. oxyde
  7. oxydehydrogenation
  8. oxydehydrogenations
  9. oxyderivative
  10. oxyderivatives
  11. oxydes

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