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selenide

American

[sel-uh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈsɛl əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.

Etymology

Origin of selenide

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

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To investigate this behavior, the team used laser beams of various colors on a two-layer Janus TMD material composed of molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked on molybdenum disulfide.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

However, very similar curves also appeared in Dr. Dias’s thesis for an entirely different material, germanium selenide.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

China’s controls, to take effect from August 1, will apply to eight gallium-related products: gallium antimonide, gallium arsenide, gallium metal, gallium nitride, gallium oxide, gallium phosphide, gallium selenide and indium gallium arsenide.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023

The polycrystalline tin selenide the team makes is spiked with sodium atoms, creating what is known as a “p-type” material that conducts positive charges.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 2, 2021

Silicon selenide, SiSe3, has likewise been obtained by M. Sabatier by heating crystalline silicon to redness in a current of hydrogen selenide.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

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