Sesquioxide
noun, Chemistry.
1.
an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen and two of another element, as aluminum oxide, Al 2 O 3 .
noun
1.
any of certain oxides whose molecules contain three atoms of oxygen for every two atoms of the element: chromium sesquioxide, Cr2O3
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