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sulfide

noun

  1. salt or other derivative of hydrogen sulfide or organic compound having the structure RSR (R ≠ H)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English sulfide From sulf(ur) + -ide.

  1. Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

    “Newmont Mining Corp's Yanacocha sulfides project to expand gold production in Peru has been delayed and will only be developed "at the pace the pandemic allows," CEO Tom Palmer said on Wednesday at an industry conference.”

    “By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.”

  2. (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.