halide

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).

   sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride

2. noun Such a salt with a single halogen atom.

   Potassium iodide is a halide.

3. noun The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).

   Iodide is a halide.

4. noun A metal halide lamp.

Similar words

halogen chalcohalide hydrohalide halogenide monohalide halonium ion chloride organohalide haloid halite

Often followed by

crystals ions and ion is lamps edib grains in

Word family

halides