Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-;
2.
the univalent anion O2-;
- Example: "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-"[syn: superoxide, superoxide anion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Superoxide \Su`per*ox"ide\, n. (Chem.)
See Peroxide. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
superoxide
n 1: a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
2: the univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular
respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-" [syn:
superoxide, superoxide anion]