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fluor•ide
Pronunciation: (floor'īd, flôr'-, flōr'-), [key]—
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
3F.
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