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Haloid vs Haloed - What's the difference?

haloid | haloed |

As adjectives the difference between haloid and haloed

is that haloid is (chemistry) 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 the fluorides and cyanides while haloed is encircled with a halo.

As a noun haloid

is (chemistry) any haloid substance.

As a verb haloed is

(halo).

haloid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry) 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 the fluorides and cyanides.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any haloid substance.
    • (Webster 1913)

    haloed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (halo)

    • Adjective

  • encircled with a halo

    • halo

    English

    (wikipedia halo)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  • (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
  • Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  • (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  • The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

    • Synonyms

    * (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbus

    Derived terms

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    Verb

    (es)
  • To encircle with a halo.

    • Related terms

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