NITRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitride mean? 

• NITRIDE (noun)
  The noun NITRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)

  Familiarity information: NITRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitride" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitride"):

magnesium nitride (a nitride containing nitrogen and magnesium)

 Context examples 

The subsequent overlay of several graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) fabrics creates an active region, which enables charge storage.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)