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Anhydride

An-hy′dride

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Noun.
[See
Anhydrous
.]
(Chem.)
An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; – so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Definition 2024


Anhydride

Anhydride

See also: anhydride

German

Noun

Anhydride n

  1. plural of Anhydrid

anhydride

anhydride

See also: Anhydride

English

Noun

anhydride (plural anhydrides)

  1. (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides

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French

Noun

anhydride m (plural anhydrides)

  1. (chemistry) anhydride