FLUORIDE


Meaning of FLUORIDE in English

/floor"uyd, flawr"-, flohr"-/ , n. Chem.

1. a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.

2. a compound containing fluorine, as methyl fluoride, CH 3 F.

[ 1820-30; FLUOR- + -IDE ]

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