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kryptide en · NOUN

Etymology

From krypton + -ide.

Meanings

1. A binary compound of krypton
   • It can be shown that the hypothetical chlorine kryptide would be endothermic to the extent of 165,000 calories 1933, George Glockler, Charles P. Roe, Donald L. Fuller, Complex Formation due to Polarization. I. The System Krypton and Hydrogen Chloride:
   • The binding of the xenide is expected to be higher than the argide or kryptide because the polarizability is larger and therefore the magnitude of charge induced dipole interaction as well. 1994, R.L. Asher, Experimental and Theoretical Investigation and Characterization of Small Molecular Ions:

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