noun
- Plural of dioxid; chemical compounds containing two oxygen atoms bonded to another element or radical.
Usage: Also spelled 'dioxides' (more common modern spelling).; Chemistry term; commonly used in scientific and industrial contexts.
Examples
- Carbon dioxids are produced during respiration in living organisms.
- The factory emissions contained various dioxids that required filtration.
- Nitrogen dioxids contribute to air pollution in urban areas.
- Scientists studied the properties of different dioxids in the laboratory.
- The reaction produced several dioxids as byproducts.