Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Peroxide (Page: 1069)

Per*ox"ide (?), n. (Chem.) An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.

 
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