noun
- a chemical compound formed by the combination of a halogen (such as chlorine, fluorine, bromine, or iodine) with another element
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Sodium chloride is a common halide found in table salt.
- The laboratory analyzed various metal halides for the research project.
- Silver halides are used in traditional photographic film.
- Calcium fluoride is a halide mineral found in nature.
- The chemist studied the properties of different alkali halides.
- Hydrogen halides like hydrogen chloride are important industrial chemicals.