DIOXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dioxide mean? 

• DIOXIDE (noun)
  The noun DIOXIDE has 1 sense:

1. an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

  Familiarity information: DIOXIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIOXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("dioxide" is a kind of...):

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dioxide"):

nitrogen dioxide (a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2))

carbon dioxide; carbonic acid gas; CO2 (a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis)

chlorine dioxide (an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification)

sulfur dioxide; sulphur dioxide (a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain)

 Context examples 

A device or material designed to sequester cardon dioxide.

(Carbon Dioxide Absorber Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

They're tracking how marsh plants grow in a world with carbon dioxide levels nearly twice as high as today — levels we could see by the end of the century.

(High carbon dioxide can create 'shrinking stems' in marshes, National Science Foundation)

A sterilization process that uses nitrogen dioxide to kill microorganisms.

(Nitrogen Dioxide Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)

"Different (rice) varieties showed quite different changes in response to higher carbon dioxide concentrations," Kobayashi said.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

Carbon dioxide travels in the blood from the body’s tissues to the lungs.

(Carbon dioxide, NCI Dictionary)

An inhalant of oxygen and carbon dioxide that increases the sensitivity of tumor cells to the effects of radiation therapy.

(Carbogen, NCI Dictionary)

Carbon dioxide in the blood passes into the lungs through the alveoli.

(Alveoli, NCI Dictionary)

The BBB lets some substances, such as water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and general anesthetics, pass into the brain.

(BBB, NCI Dictionary)

D-glucopyranose is oxidized in various tissues either under aerobic or anaerobic conditions through glycolysis, and the oxidation reaction produces carbon dioxide, water and ATP.

(Beta-D-Glucopyranose, NCI Thesaurus)

An inhalant consisting of hyperoxic gas (95%-98% oxygen and 2%-5% carbon dioxide) with radiosensitizing properties.

(Carbogen, NCI Thesaurus)