Sulphide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sulphide \Sul"phide\, n. (Chem.)
     A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly
     called {sulphuret}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Double sulphide} (Chem.), a compound of two sulphides.


  
     {Hydrogen sulphide}. (Chem.) See under {Hydrogen}.
  
     {Metallic sulphide}, a binary compound of sulphur with a
        metal.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sulphide
       n : a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more
           electropositive [syn: {sulfide}]