Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An iodide with the maximum proportion of iodine, as potassium periodide, KI3.

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

  • noun An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.

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

  • noun chemistry An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.

Etymologies

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per- +‎ iodide

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