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A compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element.
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- silicon nitride
- nitride coating
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The silicon nitride component resisted wear.
A nitride coating protected the surface.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular nitride; plural nitrides. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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