antimonide

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/ˈæntɪmənaɪd/

noun

Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.

OriginProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English antimony ← Medieval Latin antimonium →
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Meanings

nounantimonide (plural antimonides)

plural antimonides

  1. chemistryAny compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.

    Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide.

    1951, Joseph J. Katz, Eugene Rabinowitch, The Chemistry of Uranium: The Element, Its Binary and Related Compounds, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., page 241

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinantimonium
  2. Englishantimony
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Englishantimonide

From antimony + -ide.

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Translations

Hungarian antimonid
  • antimonidany compound of antimony with more electropositive elements
Polish antymonek
  • antymonekany compound of antimony with more electropositive elements
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APA

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MLA

“antimonide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimonide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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