Bromide (disambiguation)
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Bromide can refer to:
In language:
- Bromide (language), a figure of speech meaning a tranquilizing cliché used as a verbal sedative
In chemistry:
- Bromide, the anion of bromine, or any ionic salt containing bromide as the only anion, or (as a common name) any covalent compound containing bromine in the -1 oxidation state.
- Potassium bromide, an anticonvulsant and sedative (most pharmacologic information is here)
- Sodium bromide, an anticonvulsant and sedative
In photography
- Bromide paper, paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide, used primarily for photographic prints
In Japanese culture
- Bromide (Japanese culture), commercial photographic portraits of celebrities including geisha, singers, actors and sports-people
In geography
- Bromide, Oklahoma, a small village in the southern central part of the state.
- Bromide Basin, a basin in Utah
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