trioxide

See also: Trioxide

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ oxide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trʌɪˈɒksʌɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

trioxide (plural trioxides)

1. (chemistry) Any oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule.
   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Zeona, Elysta System:

     Zeona has a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of observation particle counts have decreased 4%.

2. (chemistry) Any organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R', derived from trioxidane.

Derived terms

• antimony trioxide
• arsenic trioxide
• berkelium trioxide
• bismuth trioxide
• boron trioxide
• chromium trioxide
• curium trioxide
• dinitrogen trioxide
• hydrotrioxide
• molybdenum trioxide
• sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide
• titanium trioxide
• tungsten trioxide
• uranium trioxide
• xenon trioxide

Translations

oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule

Finnish: trioksidi (fi) Hungarian: trioxid (hu) Italian: triossido (it) m Spanish: trióxido m

organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R'