Word Meanings - PROTOSULPHIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule.

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• SULPHUR-BOTTOM
  A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
• PROPORTIONATE
  Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
• SERIES DYNAMO
  A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
• ELEMENTAL
  1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
• ELEMENT
  1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. 2. One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically:
• SULPHURWORT
  The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
• SERIES MOTOR
  A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PROPORTION
  1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his
• ELEMENTALITY
  The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.
• SULPHURY
  Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
• SERIES
  Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr.
• SULPHURATION
  The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
• PROPORTIONABLE
  Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke.
• SULPHUROUS
  1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide,
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SULPHIDE
  A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret. Double sulphide , a compound of two sulphides. -- Hydrogen sulphide. See under Hydrogen. -- Metallic sulphide, a binary compound of sulphur with a metal.
• SERIES TURNS
  The turns in a series circuit.
• PROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.
• SULPHURYL
  The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• PROTOSULPHURET
  A protosulphide.
• MISPROPORTION
  To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
• DISPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
• TERSULPHIDE
  A trisulphide.
• SUPERSULPHURIZE
  To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
• DESULPHURIZE
  To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion, n.
• OXYSULPHIDE
  A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.
• SESQUISULPHIDE
  A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.