fluoride
See also: Fluoride
English
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Etymology
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From fluor(ine) + -ide.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd/, /ˈflɔːˌɹaɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/, /ˈflɔɹˌaɪd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹaɪd
Noun
[edit]fluoride (countable and uncountable, plural fluorides)
- (chemistry) A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
- Hypernyms: compound < substance, material
- Coordinate terms: chloride, bromide, iodide; astatide, tennesside
- (chemistry) Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
- Synonyms: fluate, fluat (both obsolete)
- Hypernyms: halide < salt < compound < substance, material
- Hyponyms: sodium fluoride, potassium fluoride
- Coordinate terms: (fluorine) difluoride, bifluoride, fluorate, hydrofluoride, hydrofluorate, fluorohydride; (other halogens) chloride, bromide, iodide
- 2000, Lawrie Ryan, Advanced Chemistry for You, Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 54:
- However, too much fluoride produces a mottling effect on teeth. Large doses of fluoride are actually toxic.
- 2024 October 3, Deidre McPhillips, “Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs”, in CNN[1]:
- The public health practice of adding fluoride to water supplies faces new scrutiny as a few recent reports raise concerns about potential health risks and suggest the benefits may not be as significant as they once were.
- 2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say”, in CNN[2]:
- McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.
- (chemistry) The anionic form of a fluorine atom.
Derived terms
[edit]- actinium fluoride
- acyl fluoride
- aluminium fluoride
- aluminofluoride
- ammonium fluoride
- antifluoride
- argentous fluoride
- arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
- berkelium fluoride
- beryllium fluoride
- bifluoride
- borofluoride
- cadmium fluoride
- caesium fluoride, cesium fluoride
- calcium fluoride
- chlorine fluoride
- difluoride
- ferric fluoride
- fluoridation
- fluorided
- fluoride stare
- fluoridisation, fluoridization
- fluoridise
- fluoridize
- fluoridosis
- graphite fluoride
- heptafluoride
- hexafluoride
- hydrogen fluoride
- krypton fluoride
- lithium fluoride
- magnesium fluoride
- methyl fluoride
- monofluoride
- nitrosyl fluoride
- nitryl fluoride
- organofluoride
- oxofluoride
- oxyfluoride
- oxygen fluoride
- pentafluoride
- phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
- polyvinyl fluoride
- polyvinylidene fluoride
- potassium fluoride
- potassium zirconium fluoride
- protofluoride
- radiofluoride
- radium fluoride
- radon fluoride
- scandium fluoride
- silicofluoride
- silver fluoride
- sodium aluminium fluoride
- sodium fluoride
- stannofluoride
- sulfonyl fluoride
- sulfuryl fluoride, sulphuryl fluoride
- tetrafluoride
- tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride
- thionyl fluoride
- titanofluoride
- trifluoride
- tungsten fluoride
- uranium hexafluoride
- vinyl fluoride
- yttrium fluoride
- yttrium lithium fluoride
- zircofluoride
Translations
[edit]fluoride — see also fluorine
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Estonian
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