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tetroxide

tetroxide noun: any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule.

Noun

tetroxide (plural tetroxides)

  1. any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule.
    • In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom...1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58

tetroxide meaning in Tamil

tetroxide in Tamil

நாலுயிரகவணுச்சேர்மம்

Forms of tetroxide

pluraltetroxides

Origin of tetroxide

From tetr- + oxide.

Words formed from tetroxide

Questions about tetroxide

What does tetroxide mean?
Tetroxide means any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule.
What is tetroxide in Tamil?
Tetroxide in Tamil is நாலுயிரகவணுச்சேர்மம். See Tetroxide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tetroxide?
Tetroxide is a noun.
What is the plural of tetroxide?
The plural of tetroxide is tetroxides.

Words near tetroxide in the dictionary

  1. tetroquinone
  2. Tetros
  3. tetrose
  4. tetroses
  5. tetroxid
  6. tetroxide
  7. tetroxides
  8. tetroxids
  9. tetroxoprim
  10. tetrozolium
  11. tetryl

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