dioxide

• dinoxide (archaic)

From di- +‎ oxide.

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒksaɪd/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪɔksaɪd/

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dioxide (countable and uncountable, plural dioxides)

1. (chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

   Synonyms: (archaic) binoxide, (archaic) deutoxide

   • 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 96:

     Discoid lesions and minor subacute involvement may be controlled by freezing with carbon dioxide or a course of atabrine.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:

     Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.

   • 2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 September 2013:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

• → Swahili: dioksidi

• dioxyde (before 1996)

Borrowed as an internationalism. Equivalent to di- +‎ oxide.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.ɔkˈsi.də/

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• Hyphenation: di‧oxi‧de
• Rhymes: -idə

dioxide n (plural dioxides or dioxiden)

1. dioxide

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