a sulfide having three sulfur atoms to the molecule
trisulfide in American English
(traiˈsʌlfaid, -fɪd)
noun
Chemistry
a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms
Word origin
[1865–70; tri- + sulfide]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dunk, goulash, maverick, springboard, valencetri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triathlon, triglyceride, trilemma, triple, trivial
Examples of 'trisulfide' in a sentence
trisulfide
Two new polymorphs of niobium trisulfide are established by single crystal x-ray diffraction.
Matthew A. Bloodgood, Pingrong Wei, Ece Aytan, Krassimir N. Bozhilov, Alexander A.Balandin, Tina T. Salguero 2018, 'Monoclinic structures of niobium trisulfide', APL Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5005813. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two commonly produced sulfur-containing volatile compounds (dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide) were tested for their effect on three target bacteria.
Olaf eTyc, Olaf eTyc, Hans eZweers, Wietse eDe Boer, Wietse eDe Boer, Paolina eGarbeva 2015, 'Volatiles in inter-specific bacterial interactions', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01412/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)