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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oxide
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nitrous oxide
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■ ADJECTIVE
ferric
▪ That is many times smaller than crystals of conventional ferric oxide, and about one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.
▪ In nephrite it occurs exclusively as ferrous and in jadeite as ferric oxide.
▪ Ferrite, the low-cost non-cobalt material made of ferric oxide and barium or strontium carbonate, was launched in the 1950s.
iron
▪ The addition of iron oxide produced a darker brown colour in the glaze under reducing conditions.
nitric
▪ Oxyhaemoglobin, a scavenger of nitric oxide, also abolished the relaxations but methaemoglobin had no such effect.
nitrous
▪ For instance, he taught me how to use nitrous oxide for its effect in combating physical pain.
▪ A can of whipped cream uses nitrous oxide, an anesthetic, as a propellant.
▪ Increasing atmospheric levels of nitrous oxide currently stand at about eight percent above pre-industrial levels.
▪ Other reactive trace gases such as nitrous oxide and methyl iodide also remain at elevated and aberrant levels.
▪ Once produced, nitrous oxide remains in the atmosphere for about 150 years.
▪ It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
▪ The cocktail of greenhouse gases includes chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide.
▪ The researchers have found nylon production to be responsible for up to 10 percent of the increase in nitrous oxide.
■ NOUN
calcium
▪ Some glazes contain elevated magnesia which increases their durability; this was certainly necessary given the low calcium oxide levels.
▪ Another very unusual feature of these glasses is that they contain very low calcium oxide levels-c. 1 %.
▪ When calcium carbonate is heated it decomposes into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide.
emission
▪ To avoid further damage to sensitive ecosystems, sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions must be cut by 90 percent.
▪ Nitrogen oxide emissions from vehicles are rising every year because of the huge growth in the number of cars.
▪ Both countries would also limit nitrogen oxide emissions through stricter controls on motor vehicles.
▪ Nitrogen oxide Forty percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Britain come from vehicles.
▪ It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
▪ The Government gave way in 1988, then went back on deal to cut nitrous oxide emissions by 30 percent.
▪ A model system relates energy consumption to emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions.
▪ Traffic now accounts for 51 percent of total nitrogen oxide emissions, compared to 31 percent in 1980.
lead
▪ When low levels of lead oxide are present there can be a problem of dissolving the copper in the glass.
▪ With a few exceptions most of the translucent glasses contain below 1 % lead oxide.
▪ The white glass also contained 12.0010 of lead oxide: this would have made it softer and therefore easier to cut.
▪ The sulphur was burned off, thus producing a lead oxide which then had to be reduced leaving behind the pure lead.
level
▪ Some glazes contain elevated magnesia which increases their durability; this was certainly necessary given the low calcium oxide levels.
▪ They contain between 0.6 % and 0.8 % magnesia and contain low potassium oxide levels.
manganese
▪ Some scientists are concerned about long-term exposure to low levels of manganese oxides from car exhaust fumes.
metal
▪ How can we tell whether carbon or another metal will reduce a metal oxide?
nitrogen
▪ To avoid further damage to sensitive ecosystems, sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions must be cut by 90 percent.
▪ First, the nitrogen oxides are toxic to animals.
▪ Both countries would also limit nitrogen oxide emissions through stricter controls on motor vehicles.
▪ Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide and some other gases, such as methane and nitrogen oxides, accumulate in the atmosphere.
▪ Reduction of nitrogen oxides from cars will need more expensive vehicles - or mean less use.
▪ The nitrogen oxides are almost as effective as dust at screening out sunlight.
▪ Nitrogen oxide Forty percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Britain come from vehicles.
▪ The situation is exacerbated by unusually low levels of nitrogen oxides, which inhibit ozone destruction.
tin
▪ The waste contains tin oxide, in proportions too minute for last century's miners to recover.
▪ Flotation is important in separating particles of tin oxide less than about 40 micrometres in diameter.
▪ The chemicals have to be carefully selected so that they affect only the tin oxide and nothing else.
▪ Into these flowed more molten rock, carrying minerals such as tin oxide.
■ VERB
contain
▪ The waste contains tin oxide, in proportions too minute for last century's miners to recover.
▪ Unlike conventional glass, it contains no silicon oxide.
▪ The white glass also contained 12.0010 of lead oxide: this would have made it softer and therefore easier to cut.
▪ They contain between 0.6 % and 0.8 % magnesia and contain low potassium oxide levels.
▪ Another very unusual feature of these glasses is that they contain very low calcium oxide levels-c. 1 %.
reduce
▪ Thus, at 1000 K magnesium will reduce aluminium oxide, whereas at 2000 K aluminium reduces magnesium oxide.
▪ The gas was to reduce iron oxide to make iron which could later be fed to a steel works.
▪ How can we tell whether carbon or another metal will reduce a metal oxide?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At a given temperature, the oxide with the higher line will be the one that is reduced.
▪ Both countries would also limit nitrogen oxide emissions through stricter controls on motor vehicles.
▪ However, the oxide mineral content of the rocks is generally low, at 5-10 percent.
▪ It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
▪ Moreover, a strong presence of ferrous oxide in the walls gives them a red color.
▪ Nitrous oxide is also responsible for about six percent of the greenhouse effect.
▪ Reduction of nitrogen oxides from cars will need more expensive vehicles - or mean less use.
▪ Traffic now accounts for 51 percent of total nitrogen oxide emissions, compared to 31 percent in 1980.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxide

Oxide \Ox"ide\ ([o^]ks"[i^]d or [o^]ks"[imac]d), n. [F. oxyg[`e]ne oxygen + acide acid: cf. F. oxyde. The French word was correctly spelt oxide, till about the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the true history and composition of the word, the orthography was change to make it represent the [upsilon] of Gr. 'oxy`s, from which it was supposed to be directly derived.] (Chem.) A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Note: In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, and their associates, the term oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen which had no acid (F. acide) properties, as contrasted with the acids, all of which were at that time supposed to contain oxygen. The orthography oxyde, oxyd, etc., was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in English. The spelling oxid is not common.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oxide

"compound of oxygen with another element," 1790, from French oxide (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier from ox(ygène) (see oxygen) + (ac)ide "acid" (see acid).

Wiktionary
oxide

n. (context chemistry English) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

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WordNet
oxide

n. any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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Wikipedia
Oxide

An oxide is a chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula. Metal oxides typically contain an anion of oxygen in the oxidation state of −2. Most of the Earth's crust consists of solid oxides, the result of elements being oxidized by the oxygen in air or in water. Hydrocarbon combustion affords the two principal carbon oxides: carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Even materials considered pure elements often develop an oxide coating. For example, aluminium foil develops a thin skin of AlO (called a passivation layer) that protects the foil from further corrosion. Different oxides of the same element are distinguished by Roman numerals denoting their oxidation number, e.g. iron(II) oxide versus iron(III) oxide.

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Usage examples of "oxide".

By mixing with milk of lime, the acidity is neutralised, zinc oxide and calcium sulphite are thrown down, and a solution of neutral sodium hydrosulphite is obtained which is more stable and can be kept longer without decomposition.

There were patches of anhydrous red oxide of iron in protected places upon it, such as could not have been formed upon any fraudulent object.

It oxidises most combustible substances with deflagration, and thereby converts sulphides into sulphates, arsenides into arsenates, and most metals into oxides.

It also occurs as arseniate in erythrine, and as oxide in asbolan or earthy cobalt, which is essentially a wad carrying cobalt.

Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.

That rosy color, which has been observed in those asphyxiated by oxide of carbon, decided it.

It is the best acid for dissolving metallic oxides and carbonates, and is always used by the assayer when oxidising agents are to be avoided.

Un-adorned metal boxes, beaders use minute particles of glass oxide impact beads and around eighty pounds of air pressure to blast rust and peeling paint off car parts.

When sulphuric acid is used as the assistant along with the bichrome, then there is formed on the wool fibre a deposit of chromic acid and chromium oxide, and this exerts an oxidising effect on the colouring matter or dye-stuff, which in some cases, as the Alizarine Blue, Alizarine Yellow, etc.

Laughing like a hyena in a tentful of nitrous oxide, Chib blocks her fist and shoves her away.

Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric -- Waterproofing with Acetate of Alumina -- Impregnation of the Fabric -- Drying -- Waterproofing with Paraffin -- Waterproofing with Ammonium Cuprate -- Waterproofing with Metallic Oxides -- Coloured Waterproof Fabrics -- Waterproofing with Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of Lime and other Bodies -- Manufacture of Tarpaulin -- British Waterproofing Patents -- Index.

He slashed his finger with a small knife and mixed his blood with the cupric oxide that is copper red.

Sadie now knew the spell which would retard permeation and blistering on a cuprous oxide mix applied to whitecast iron, and had look, see she held out a hand across the foam of her dress, indelible blue half moons of cobalt under her fingernails.

The oxygen in the sulphates and oxides thus obtained is estimated by determining the sulphur and metals in the solutions, and calculating the amount of oxygen with which they combine.

When you come to handle life and death as your daily business, your memory will of itself bid good-by to such inmates as the well-known foramina of the sphenoid bone and the familiar oxides of methyl-ethylamyl-phenyl-ammonium.