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haloid - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'haloid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Haloid [ a.]
- Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.
2 . Haloid [ n.]
- A haloid substance.