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sulfide

noun sulfides · sulphide

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

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noun any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group

Españolsulfuro
Portuguêssulfeto
Françaissulfure
DeutschSulfid
Italianosolfuro
Românăsulfură
Русскийсульфи́д sulʹfíd

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@misc{sulfide_2026,
  title = {sulfide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sulfide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}