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protoxides

protoxides is the plural of protoxide.

Meaning of protoxide

Noun

protoxide (plural protoxides)

  1. Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
    • Oxy­gen frequently combines in various proportions with a substance, rendering it an oxide, but without advancing it to the state of an acid. In order to distinguish each compound thus formed, the language of chemistry is very systematic. The first is called a protoxide; the second a deutoxide; and...1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES

Questions about protoxides

What is protoxides the plural of?
Protoxides is the plural of protoxide.

Words near protoxides in the dictionary

  1. protoword
  2. protowords
  3. protowriting
  4. protoxid
  5. protoxide
  6. protoxides
  7. protoxidize
  8. protoxidized
  9. protoxidizes
  10. protoxidizing
  11. protoxids

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