sulfide

sul·fide  (slfd)

n.

A compound of bivalent sulfur with an electropositive element or group, especially a binary compound of sulfur with a metal.

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sulfide  (slfd)

A chemical compound of sulfur and another element or radical, such as hydrogen sulfide.

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Noun

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sulfide - a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive sulphide atomic number 16, sulfur, sulphur, S - 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) pyrites - any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight hydrogen sulfide - a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs iron disulfide - a compound containing two atoms of sulfur combined with iron cadmium sulfide - a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide - a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment