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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bromide  \Bro"mide\,  n. 
  A  person  who  is  conventional  and  commonplace  in  his  habits  of 
  thought  and  conversation.  [Slang]  --  {Bro*mid"ic},  a.  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bromide  \Bromide\,  or  Bromid  paper  \Bromid,  paper\  (Photog.) 
  A  sensitized  paper  coated  with  gelatin  impregnated  with 
  bromide  of  silver,  used  in  contact  printing  and  in  enlarging. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bromide  \Bro"mide\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  compound  of  bromine  with  a  positive  radical. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bromide 
  n  1:  any  of  the  salts  of  hydrobromic  acid;  used  as  a  sedative 
  2:  a  trite  or  obvious  remark  [syn:  {platitude},  {cliche},  {banality}, 
  {commonplace}] 
  3:  sodium  or  potassium  bromide 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Bromide,  OK  (town,  FIPS  9150) 
  Location:  34.41782  N,  96.49429  W 
  Population  (1990):  162  (89  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.7  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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