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Disulphide :: Disulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

Carbide :: Carbide (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet..

Nitride :: Nitride (n.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride..

Quantic :: Quantic (n.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic..

#NAME? :: -ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc..

Haloid :: Haloid (a.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides..

Selenide :: Selenide (n.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide..

Concubinarian :: Concubinarian (a. & n.) Concubinary.

Binary :: Binary (a.) Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).

Iodide :: Iodide (n.) A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide..

Sulphinate :: Sulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret..

Boride :: Boride (n.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

Phosphide :: Phosphide (n.) A binary compound of phosphorus.

Sulphionide :: Sulphion (n.) A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts..

Zincide :: Zincide (n.) A binary compound of zinc.

Silicide :: Silicide (n.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary..

Hydride :: Hydride (n.) A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element..

Fluoride :: Fluoride (n.) A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.

-ate :: -ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts..

Diplococcus :: Diplococcus (n.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

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