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nitride

noun

  1. chemical compounds with nitrogen in particular oxidative state
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English nitr(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nitride From nitr(ogen) + -ide.

  1. A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.

    “This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […]”

    “Presence of nitrides, argonides, arsenides, and iodides in the crystalline rocks”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English nitr(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nitride From nitr(ogen) + -ide.

  1. To subject to the nitriding process.