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haloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
haloid
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.

noun

Any haloid substance.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From halo- + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

haloids (plural)

Questions

What does haloid mean?
Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.
Where does haloid come from?
From halo- + -oid.

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