nitride

From nitr(ogen) +‎ -ide.

• enPR: nī'trīd, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/

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nitride (plural nitrides)

1. (chemistry) A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.
   • 2005, Paolo Dario, Raja Chatila, Robotics Research: The Eleventh International Symposium, page 506:

     This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […]

   • 2017, Kathleen F. Edwards, Joel F. Liebman, No Nobel for Noble Gases - Some Guesses Why:

     Presence of nitrides, argonides, arsenides, and iodides in the crystalline rocks

nitride (third-person singular simple present nitrides, present participle nitriding, simple past and past participle nitrided)

1. (transitive) To subject to the nitriding process.

• inditer, neritid

• IPA^(key): /niˈtridə/

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• Rhymes: -idə
• Hyphenation: ni‧tri‧de

nitride n (plural nitriden)

1. nitride