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bromide

[ broh-mahyd broh-mid ]

noun

  1. Chemistry.
    1. a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
    2. a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
  2. Pharmacology. potassium bromide, known to produce central nervous system depression, formerly used as a sedative.
  3. a platitude or trite saying.
  4. a person who is platitudinous and boring.


bromide

/ ˈbrəʊmaɪd /

noun

  1. any salt of hydrobromic acid, containing the monovalent ion Br ( bromide ion )
  2. any compound containing a bromine atom, such as methyl bromide
  3. a dose of sodium or potassium bromide given as a sedative
    1. a trite saying; platitude
    2. a dull or boring person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


bromide

/ brōmīd′ /

  1. A compound, such as potassium bromide, containing bromine and another element or radical.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bromide1

First recorded in 1830–40; brom- + -ide ( def ); bromide indefs 3, 4 from use of some bromides as sedatives
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bromide1

C19, C20 (cliché): from brom ( ine ) + -ide
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Example Sentences

Those reactions can produce methyl bromide and methyl chloride.

As a result, methyl bromide and methyl chloride can both damage ozone in Earth’s atmosphere.

Those are the two points that everyone should take away from the Commission report, points that are presented but muffled by wishful bromides about neutral judges and myopic defense of the status quo.

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Yet those bromide building blocks are not routinely abundant in southern lake water.

He was adept at deflecting a direct question with an anecdote or a bromide presented as a confidence.

In executions, that drug is pancuronium bromide, a type of curariform, or neuromuscular-blocking agent.

Veterinarians object to the use of the second drug, the pancuronium bromide, because it presents as unnecessary risk of suffering.

At the end, however, he treats viewers to a poli-sci bromide that we could really have done without.

Bromide of potassium is generally recognised as the most effective anti-epileptic remedy we at present possess.

In brief, film is a cellulose base coated with silver bromide and gelatine.

Now only the image-forming silver bromide particles remain, and these have been transformed to metallic silver.

The Doctor started to give him some fresh advice—but left him a bromide instead.

It forms white prismatic crystals; and, in its general properties, resembles bromide of potassium.

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