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Definition of "halide" [halide]

  • A chemical compound of a halogen with a more electropositive element or group. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "halide" in a sentence
  • "Fujifilm Holdings Corp. raised prices 10% on its silver-halide photographic paper and print materials in the U.S."
  • "To an ancient this weary night would occupy the full spectrum of darkness to brilliance, the textural darkness of night without the neon and metal halide and sodium vapor lamps, darkness matting the heavens like molten tar, all things immediate and compelling in the sense that they could be compelled out of the world, owing to will and consciousness, not to desire and effort."
  • "Like him, they made pictures on strips of plastic coated with light-sensitive silver halide salts."