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sesquisulphide

sesquisulphide


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sesquisulphide  \Ses`qui*sul"phide\,  n.  [Sesqui-  +  sulphide.] 
  (Chem.) 
  A  sulphide,  analogous  to  a  sesquioxide,  containing  three 
  atoms  of  sulphur  to  two  of  the  other  ingredient;  --  formerly 
  called  also  {sesquisulphuret};  as  orpiment,  {As2S3}  is 
  arsenic  sesquisulphide.