Word of the Day:
halide
What It Means
Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride
Halide in Context
“Yes, heating is a problem with basically any reef set-up in the summer in a non-ACed house, and halides make it worse.”
Did You Know?
From hal(ogen) + -ide.
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