Definition of Sulphur oxide

1. Noun. Any of several oxides of sulphur.

Exact synonyms: Sulfur Oxide
Generic synonyms: Oxide

Definition of Sulphur oxide

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sulfur oxide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphur Oxide

sulphur cockatoo
sulphur cone
sulphur cycle
sulphur dibromide
sulphur dioxide
sulphur ether
sulphur fungus
sulphur hexafluoride
sulphur impression
sulphur match
sulphur mine
sulphur monoxide
sulphur nitride
sulphur of ivy
sulphur ore
sulphur oxide (current term)
sulphur parakeet
sulphur pearl
sulphur print
sulphur pyrites
sulphur rain
sulphur salt
sulphur shower
sulphur soap
sulphur spring
sulphur tree
sulphur trioxide
sulphur tuft
sulphur weed
sulphur works

Literary usage of Sulphur oxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education by Associated Principles of the High Schools and Academies of the State of New York (1890)
"The discovery that the addition of more of the sulphur oxide leads to the dissolution of the precipitate which it first forms in lime-water suggests trying ..."

2. The School World (1902)
"The sulphur oxide thus obtained is found to have a characteristic smell, ... Our next problem is to determine the composition of this sulphur oxide. ..."

3. An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1906)
"Thus oxide of sulphur is the product of the combustion of sulphur; oxide of iron is the product of the combustion of iron. It is evident that the products ..."

4. An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1906)
"Thus in the combustion of sulphur, phosphorus, and iron, the compounds formed are called respectively oxide of sulphur, oxide of phosphorus, ..."

5. The Teaching of Scientific Method and Other Papers on Education by Henry Edward Armstrong (1903)
"The discovery that the addition of more of the sulphur oxide leads to the dissolution of the precipitate which it first forms in lime-water suggests trying ..."

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