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arsenide

American

[ahr-suh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈɑr səˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.

arsenide British

/ ˈɑːsəˌnaɪd /

noun

a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element

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Etymology

Origin of arsenide

1860–65; arsen- + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

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While light slows by about 1.5 times in glass and roughly 3.5 times in silicon or gallium arsenide, it slows by about 4.5 times in MoSe2.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

By refining raw arsenic and developing improved synthesis methods, the UH-led team created boron arsenide crystals with significantly fewer imperfections.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

The Dortmund physicists led by Dr. Alex Greilich have now designed a special crystal made of indium gallium arsenide, in which the nuclear spins act as a reservoir for the time crystal.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

Microsoft researchers began to look for these fractional charges in samples of gallium arsenide, a compound often used in solar cells.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

Sperrylite, sper′i-līt, n. an arsenide of platinum discovered in 1888 in the province of Ontario, Canada.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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