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Etymology

From hal(ogen) + -ide.

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halide (plural halides)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
    Hypernyms: salt < compound < substance, material
    Hyponyms: dihalide; fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide; astatide, tennesside
    Coordinate term: pseudohalide
    sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride
    1. (especially) Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
      Coordinate terms: dihalide, pseudohalide
      Potassium iodide is a halide.
  2. The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).
    Hypernyms: anion < ion
    Hyponyms: fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide; astatide, tennesside
    Coordinate term: pseudohalide
    Iodide is a halide.

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