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selenide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
se-lenide
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2

noun

any organic compound of general formula RSeR (R not = H) analogous to the ethers

Etymology

From selenium + -ide.

Inflected Forms

selenides (plural)

Derived Forms

diselenide episelenide heptaselenide hexaselenide hydroselenide monoselenide nonaselenide organoselenide oxyselenide pentaselenide perselenide polyselenide

Phrases

cadmium selenide copper indium gallium selenide dimethyl selenide hydrogen selenide lead selenide mercury selenide sodium selenide zinc selenide

Questions

What does selenide mean?
any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2
Where does selenide come from?
From selenium + -ide.

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