Also fluorid. Chem. [f. FLUOR-INE + -IDE.] A binary compound of fluorine with another element.
1826. Henry, Elem. Chem., I. 283. Fluor spar, for example, may be either a fluate of lime, or a fluoride of calcium.
1849. Dana, Geol., ii. (1850), 152. These fluorids are fluorids of calcium and magnesium.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 123. By the action, however, of dry iodine upon dry silver fluoride, it appears that fluorine has been isolated.
