phosphide
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined."
- "These two metals were then melted in magnesia crucibles and cooled slowly, in order to find how much phosphide would separate during solidification."
- "Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide."
- "So you took the bottle of phosphide and you poured a good dose into your sister’s cup."
- "On the other hand, too much phosphide may render the iron brittle."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English -ide English phosphide From phospho- + -ide.
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aluminium phosphide
aluminum phosphide
cadmium phosphide
calcium phosphide
copper phosphide
gallium arsenide phosphide
indium phosphide
zinc phosphide