Meanings
nounmonoxide (plural monoxides)
plural monoxides
- chemistryAny oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.
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A process for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P₂Mo_(20–24)O_(2–60).
1959, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights, volume 87, page 6658
Origin
Translations
Catalan monòxid
- monòxidoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Dutch monoxide
- monoxideoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Finnish monoksidi
- monoksidioxide containing a single oxygen atom
French protoxyde
- protoxydeoxide containing a single oxygen atom
German Oxydul
- Oxyduloxide containing a single oxygen atom
Greek μονοξείδιο
- μονοξείδιο (monoxeídio)oxide containing a single oxygen atom
Hungarian monoxid
- monoxidoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Irish aonocsaíd
- aonocsaídoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Italian monossido
- monossidooxide containing a single oxygen atom
Malay monoksida
- monoksidaoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Polish monotlenek
- monotlenekoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Portuguese monóxido
- monóxidooxide containing a single oxygen atom
Romanian monoxid
- monoxidoxide containing a single oxygen atom
Russian моноокси́д, одноо́кись
- моноокси́д (monooksíd)oxide containing a single oxygen atom
- одноо́кись (odnoókisʹ)oxide containing a single oxygen atom
Spanish monóxido
- monóxidooxide containing a single oxygen atom
Cite this entry
APA
monoxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoxide
MLA
“monoxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoxide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monoxide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoxide.
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