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Webster 1913 Edition

Amphid

Am′phid

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἄμφω

both: cf. F.

amphide

.]

(Chem.)

A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a

haloid

compound.

[R.]

Berzelius.