sulphide
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1. a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | chemical compound, compound, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pyrites, |
| definition | : | any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hydrogen sulfide, |
| definition | : | a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | iron disulfide, |
| definition | : | a compound containing two atoms of sulfur combined with iron (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cadmium sulfide, |
| definition | : | a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide, |
| definition | : | a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 16, s, sulfur, sulphur, |
| definition | : | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) (noun.substance) |
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