Associations to the word «Superoxide»

Wiktionary

SUPEROXIDE, noun. (chemistry) A peroxide
SUPEROXIDE, noun. (chemistry) The univalent anion, O2-, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion

Dictionary definition

SUPEROXIDE, noun. A metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-.
SUPEROXIDE, noun. The univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats