haloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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.
noun
  1. Any haloid substance.

Word forms

haloid haloids

Etymology

From halo- + -oid.

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