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haloid |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Haloid \Ha"loid\ (? or ?), a. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf F. halo["i]de.] (Chem.) 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. -- n. A haloid substance.