"sulphide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sulphides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sulphide (plural sulphides)
  1. (British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfide. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sulfide
    Sense id: en-sulphide-en-noun-NfRvrRwJ Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Derived forms: decasulphide, ferrosulphide, heptasulphide, mercury sulphide, monosulphide, oligosulphide, oxysulphide, pentasulphide, polyphenylene sulphide, protosulphide, sesquisulphide, subsulphide, sulphided, sulphidic, sulphidisation, tersulphide, trisulphide
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: sulphides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sulphide (plural sulphides)
  1. A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.
    Sense id: en-sulphide-en-noun-9DR3hSI7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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