BROMIDE

Bromide

A bromide is a chemical compound containing a bromide ion or ligand. This is a bromine atom with an ionic charge of −1 ; for example, in caesium bromide, caesium cations are electrically attracted to bromide anions to form the electrically neutral ionic compound CsBr. The term "bromide" can also refer to a bromine atom with an oxidation number of −1 in covalent compounds such as sulfur dibromide .

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bromide

Noun

  1. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
  2. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative.
  3. A dull person with conventional thoughts.
    My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
  4. A platitude.
    ''We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.


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