SULFIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfide mean? 

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

1. a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULFIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sulfide; sulphide

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

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Meronyms (substance of "sulfide"):

atomic number 16; S; sulfur; sulphur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))

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

pyrites (any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest))

hydrogen sulfide (a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs)

iron disulfide (a compound containing two atoms of sulfur combined with iron)

cadmium sulfide (a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment)

zinc sulfide; zinc sulphide (a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment)

 Context examples 

This species is motile, non-spore forming, oxidase, catalase, and indole negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide and does not hydrolyze gelatin, or starch, but does hydrolyze esculin.

(Capnocytophaga ochracea, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase, oxidase, urease and indole negative, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes gelatin and does not produce hydrogen sulfide.

(Capnocytophaga sputigena, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, oxidase, catalase, and indole negative, does not hydrolyze esculin, nor produce hydrogen sulfide.

(Capnocytophaga gingivalis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile using a single polar or bipolar flagellum, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, catalase negative, reduces nitrate, but not nitrite, and does not hydrolyze hippurate nor produce hydrogen sulfide.

(Campylobacter upsaliensis, NCI Thesaurus)

They found hydrogen sulfide, the odiferous gas that most people avoid, in Uranus' cloud tops.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)

This species is motile using a single flagellum at each pole, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, produces hydrogen sulfide, and does not hydrolyze hippurate nor ferment glucose.

(Campylobacter lari, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase negative, does not ferment sucrose, reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Cedecea lapagei, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase negative, ferments sucrose reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Cedecea neteri, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, catalase positive, oxidase, urease and indole negative, produces hydrogen sulfide and is asaccharolytic.

(Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Nickel Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)