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nickel'ic ox'ide
Chem.
a gray-black, water-insoluble powder, Ni
2O
3, which, at 600°C, decomposes to nickel oxide: used chiefly in storage batteries as an oxidizing agent. Also called
black nickel oxide, nickel sesquioxide. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.