dioxide : Idioms & Phrases

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barium dioxide

  • noun a white toxic powder obtained by heating barium oxide in air
    barium peroxide.
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Black oxide of manganese, Manganese dioxide ∨ peroxide, ∨ Black manganese

  • (Chem.), a heavy black powder MnO2, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; called also familiarly manganese. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass.
Webster 1913

Carbon dioxide

  • noun a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
    CO2; carbonic acid gas.
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  • . See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Webster 1913

Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide

  • . (Chem.) See under Carbonic.
Webster 1913

carbon dioxide acidosis

  • noun acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood
    respiratory acidosis.
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chlorine dioxide

  • noun an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification
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Hydric dioxide

  • . (Chem.) See Hydrogen dioxide, under Hydrogen.
Webster 1913

Hydrogen dioxide

  • a thick, colorless liquid, H2O2, resembling water, but having a bitter, sour taste, produced by the action of acids on barium peroxide. It decomposes into water and oxygen, and is manufactured in large quantities for an oxidizing and bleaching agent. Called also oxygenated water. usually "hydrogen peroxide", or "peroxide" in weak solutions used as an antiseptic
Webster 1913

nitrogen dioxide

  • noun a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
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silicon dioxide

  • noun a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
    silica; silicon oxide.
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sulfur dioxide

  • noun a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
    sulfur dioxide.
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Sulphur dioxide

  • noun a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
    sulfur dioxide.
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  • (Chem.), a colorless gas, SO2, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; called also sulphurous anhydride, and formerly sulphurous acid.
Webster 1913

titanium dioxide

  • noun a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
    titanic oxide; titanium oxide; titania.
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zirconium dioxide

  • noun a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
    zirconium oxide; zirconia.
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