oxide
pronunciation
How to pronounce oxide in British English:
UK [ˈɒksaɪd]
How to pronounce oxide in American English:
US [ˈɑːksaɪd]
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- Noun:
- any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
Word Origin
- oxide (n.)
- "compound of oxygen with another element," 1790, from French oxide (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier from ox(ygène) (see oxygen) + (ac)ide "acid" (see acid).
Example
- 1. The solution is then treated to precipitate uranium oxide .
- 2. The nuclear fuel is uranium oxide .
- 3. It also generates much less smog-forming nitrogen oxide .
- 4. It does this because heating cerium oxide drives oxygen atoms out of its crystal lattice .
- 5. The australian developers had tried a new recipe , mixing portland cement with magnesium oxide .