nitride

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noun

ni·​tride ˈnī-ˌtrīd How to pronounce nitride (audio)
: a binary compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element

nitride

2 of 2

verb

nitrided; nitriding

transitive verb

: to case-harden (a material, such as steel) by causing the surface to absorb nitrogen

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The stainless steel blade is sturdy and has a titanium carbo-nitride coating for corrosion resistance. Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Built inside unbreakable sheets of crystallized boron nitride, the devices can measure stress and magnetism in materials under pressure more than 30,000 times greater than the atmosphere. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025 Smaller, but strategically significant, sums target direct lithium extraction, semiconductor materials like gallium nitride, and ARPA-E’s $40 million push to recover critical minerals from industrial wastewater. Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The structure of GaN HEMTs involves an aluminum gallium nitride film on top of a layer of gallium nitride. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nitride

Word History

Etymology

Noun

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

Noun

1850, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nitride was in 1850

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“Nitride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitride. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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nitride

noun
ni·​tride ˈnī-ˌtrīd How to pronounce nitride (audio)
: a binary compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element

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