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halide
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hal·ide  (hld, hld)
n.
A chemical compound of a halogen with a more electropositive element or group.
halide  (hld, hld)
A chemical compound consisting of a halogen and another element, especially a strongly electropositive metal such as sodium or potassium. Salt is a halide.
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Noun1.halide - a salt of any halogen acid
bromide - any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
fluoride - a salt of hydrofluoric acid
iodide - a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
chloride - any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
tetrahalide - any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules
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