ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Haloid

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Haloid is an adjective meaning (chemistry) Any haloid substance.

Meaning

(chemistry) Any haloid substance.

More Meanings

  1. (chemistry) 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 the fluorides and cyanides.

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Related dictionary entries include xerox, unaltered, halided, halogenous, halohydric, hypohalous.

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