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sulfid

sulfid is the archaic form of sulfide.

Meaning of sulfide

Noun

sulfide (plural sulfides)

  1. (US) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.
    • Newmont Mining Corp's Yanacocha sulfides project to expand gold production in Peru has been delayed and will only be developed "at the pace the pandemic allows," CEO Tom Palmer said on Wednesday at an industry conference.2021 September 22, Reuters, “Newmont's Yanacocha sulfides project delayed by pandemic -CEO”, in Reuters
  2. (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

Forms of sulfid

pluralsulfids

Words formed from sulfid

Questions about sulfid

What is sulfid the archaic form of?
Sulfid is the archaic form of sulfide.

Words near sulfid in the dictionary

  1. sulfhydryl
  2. sulfhydrylase
  3. sulfhydrylases
  4. sulfhydrylation
  5. sulfhydryls
  6. sulfid
  7. sulfidation
  8. sulfidations
  9. sulfide
  10. sulfide of carbon
  11. sulfided

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