fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd/
ipa: /ˈflɔːˌɹaɪd/
ipa: /ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/
ipa: /ˈflɔɹˌaɪd/
rhymes: -ɔːɹaɪd
Forms: form: fluorides
Etymology: From fluor(ine) + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: compound
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substance#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: chloride
bromide
iodide
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astatide
tennesside
glosses: A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
examples: text: However, too much fluoride produces a mottling effect on teeth. Large doses of fluoride are actually toxic.
ref: 2000, Lawrie Ryan, Advanced Chemistry for You, Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 54:
text: The public health practice of adding fluoride to water supplies faces new scrutiny as a few recent reports raise concerns about potential health risks and suggest the benefits may not be as significant as they once were.
ref: 2024 October 3, Deidre McPhillips, “Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs”, in CNN:
text: McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.
ref: 2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: compound
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substance#Noun
material#Noun
halide#Noun
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salt
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compound
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substance#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: chloride
word: bromide
word: iodide
word: ;
word: astatide
word: tennesside
word: difluoride
english: fluorine
translation: fluorine
word: bifluoride
word: fluorate
word: hydrofluoride
word: hydrofluorate
word: fluorohydride
word: ;
english: other halogens
translation: other halogens
word: chloride
word: bromide
word: iodide
glosses: A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
synonyms: fluate
fluat
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: halide#Noun
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anion#Noun
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ion#Noun
coordinate_terms: chloride
bromide
iodide
glosses: The anionic form of a fluorine atom.
Derived terms: actinium fluoride
acyl fluoride
aluminium fluoride
aluminofluoride
ammonium fluoride
antifluoride
argentous fluoride
arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
berkelium fluoride
beryllium fluoride
bifluoride
borofluoride
cadmium fluoride
caesium fluoride
cesium fluoride
calcium fluoride
chlorine fluoride
difluoride
ferric fluoride
fluoridation
fluorided
fluoride stare
fluoridisation
fluoridization
fluoridise
fluoridize
fluoridosis
graphite fluoride
heptafluoride
hexafluoride
hydrogen fluoride
krypton fluoride
lithium fluoride
magnesium fluoride
methyl fluoride
monofluoride
nitrosyl fluoride
nitryl fluoride
organofluoride
oxofluoride
oxyfluoride
oxygen fluoride
pentafluoride
phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
polyvinyl fluoride
polyvinylidene fluoride
potassium fluoride
potassium zirconium fluoride
protofluoride
radiofluoride
radium fluoride
radon fluoride
scandium fluoride
silicofluoride
silver fluoride
sodium aluminium fluoride
sodium fluoride
stannofluoride
sulfonyl fluoride
sulfuryl fluoride
sulphuryl fluoride
tetrafluoride
tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride
thionyl fluoride
titanofluoride
trifluoride
tungsten fluoride
uranium hexafluoride
vinyl fluoride
yttrium fluoride
yttrium lithium fluoride
zircofluoride