'Haloid' definitions:
Definition of 'Haloid'
From: GCIDE
- Haloid \Ha"loid\ (h[=a]"loid or h[a^]l"oid), a. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. halo["i]de.] (Chem.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n. A haloid substance. [1913 Webster]