an oxide of an element containing less oxygen than the common oxide formed by the element
carbon suboxide, C2O3
suboxide in American English
(sʌbˈɑksaɪd)
noun
an oxide containing a relatively small proportion of oxygen
suboxide in American English
(sʌbˈɑksaid, -sɪd)
noun
Chemistry
the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen
Word origin
[1795–1805; sub- + oxide]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, kingpin, oxidize, steeplechase, wreckersub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'suboxide' in a sentence
suboxide
The optical properties of nanocomposite material consisting of gold nanoparticles without/with silicon suboxide thin film were obtained.
Baranov Evgeniy, Zamchiy Alexandr, Safonov Aleksey, Starinskiy Sergey, Khmel Sergey 2017, 'Plasmonic properties of gold nanoparticles covered by silicon suboxide thin film',EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715900003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The silicon suboxide thin films were deposited by the gas-jet electron beam plasma chemical vapor deposition method.
Baranov Evgeniy, Zamchiy Alexandr, Safonov Aleksey, Starinskiy Sergey, Khmel Sergey 2017, 'Plasmonic properties of gold nanoparticles covered by silicon suboxide thin film',EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715900003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)