HALOID

haloid

Noun

  1. Any haloid substance.

Adjective

  1. Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.


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