Definition of Boride

1. n. A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

Definition of Boride

1. Noun. (chemistry) the B3− anion ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) any binary compound of boron and a more electropositive element ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boride

1. a boron compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Boride

1. A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; formerly called boruret. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boride

boresome
boresomeness
borewell
borewells
borganism
borganisms
borgo
borgos
borian
boric
boric acid
boric acids
boric oxide
borickite
borickites
boride (current term)
borides
boriding
borinate
boring
boring clam
boring clams
boringly
boringness
boringnesses
borings
borinic
borinic acid
borinic acids
borishanskiite

Literary usage of Boride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1907)
"Chromium boride.—E. Wedekind and K. Fetzer.— Hitherto no boride of chromium of definite composition has been described, although the preparation of such a ..."

2. The Electric Furnace by Henri Moissan (1904)
"When the action is complete, a crystalline boride frequently remains in fusions ... The boride is washed with distilled water, then with alcohol and ether, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"METHYL: boride. The exit-tube of the gas-holder was then closed, and the gaseous boric methide collected. Properties.—Boric methide is at ordinary ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"boride of Platinum?—Platinum, heated with borax and charcoal, fuses into a hard, brittle, somewhat crystalline mass, which, when dissolved in aqua-regia, ..."

5. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1849)
"... in \ parts of boiling water, and 1200 parts of hot alcohol. (Vid. Bergmann, Opuse. 1, 13;— Berthollet, N. Gehl. 3,.) POTASSICI« AND BORON. A. boride < ..."

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