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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., like sea-salt: applied to all those compounds which consist of a metal directly united to chlorin, bromine, iodine, cyanogen, or fluorin. They are distinguished by the name of haloid salts because in constitution they are all similar to sea-salt.
  • noun A haloid salt.
  • noun Also spelled haloide.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) 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 also to the fluorides and cyanides.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry 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.
  • noun chemistry Any haloid substance.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek salt + -oid

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