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Iodide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A compound of iodine with a more electropositive element or group.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary, in which iodine has a valence of -1.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A compound of iodine with an element more electropositive than itself: thus, sodium iodide, etc.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a salt or ester of hydriodic acid

Word Usage

"The pills—containing inexpensive potassium iodide, which is the substance used to iodize common table salt—can prevent thyroid cancer by saturating the thyroid gland with a harmless type of iodine, keeping it from absorbing radioactive iodine that might be inhaled or ingested after a radiation release."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

halide

Cross Reference

phosphonium iodide nitrogen iodide lead iodide green iodide of mercury sulphur iodide

Hyponym

hydrogen iodide silver iodide potassium iodide sodium iodide

Form

iodiodide chloriodide chloroiodide auric iodide aurous iodide

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

nitrite bromide chloride sulphide fluoride