MONOXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monoxide mean? 

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

1. an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

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

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

carbon monoxide; carbon monoxide gas; CO (an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon)

 Context examples 

The team used ALMA to track the position and motion of molecules of carbon monoxide within the nebula.

(ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain, ESO)

The other carries out the chemical reaction that reduces carbon dioxide and water into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, forming the syngas mixture.

(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)

As well as being cooler, the emissions from the large gas bubbles were more oxidised than expected – they had higher proportions of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The findings indicate that WASP-18b has hot carbon monoxide in the stratosphere and cooler carbon monoxide in the layer of the atmosphere below, called the troposphere.

(WASP-18b Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water, NASA)

Rather than focusing on the dust within the disc, which was clearly imaged in earlier ALMA observations, the astronomers instead studied carbon monoxide (CO) gas spread throughout the disc.

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

However, in the new work, they were surprised to discover that cyanide, along with carbon monoxide (CO), were binding with iron to form stable compounds in the meteorites.

(Cyanide Compounds Discovered in Meteorites May Hold Clues to the Origin of Life, NASA)

This allele, which encodes heme oxygenase 1 protein, plays a role in the conversion of heme to bilirubin and carbon monoxide.

(HMOX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When they are smoked, they make many of the same harmful chemicals found in tobacco smoke, including tar and carbon monoxide.

(Herbal cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

Nickel monoxide is a known carcinogen and is associated with an increased risk of developing lung and nasal cancers.

(Nickel Monoxide, NCI Thesaurus)

The anti-inflammatory actions of HO-1 appear to be the result of signaling by the carbon monoxide it produces since removal of CO blocks the anti-inflammatory action of IL-10 and HO-1.

(IL10 Anti-inflammatory Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)