dioxide
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪˈɒksaɪd/
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪɔksaɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
dioxide (countable and uncountable, plural dioxides)
- (chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
- 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 96:
- Discoid lesions and minor subacute involvement may be controlled by freezing with carbon dioxide or a course of atabrine.
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:
- Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.
- 2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 3 September 2013:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
Derived terms
- americium dioxide
- berkelium dioxide
- calcium dioxide
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dioxide snow
- cerium dioxide
- chlorine dioxide
- chromium dioxide
- curium dioxide
- diazoxide
- germanium dioxide
- hafnium dioxide
- hydrogen dioxide
- lead dioxide
- manganese dioxide
- nitrogen dioxide
- pentacarbon dioxide
- plumbic dioxide
- plutonium dioxide
- ruthenium dioxide
- selenium dioxide
- silicon dioxide
- sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide
- tellurium dioxide
- tetracarbon dioxide
- thiazide
- thorium dioxide
- tin dioxide
- titanium dioxide
- tricarbon dioxide
- uranium dioxide
- vanadium dioxide
- zirconium dioxide
Descendants
- → Swahili: dioksidi
Translations
any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- dioxyde (before 1996)
Etymology
Borrowed as an internationalism. Equivalent to di- + oxide.
Pronunciation
Noun
dioxide n (plural dioxides or dioxiden)