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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydroxide
Hy-drox′ide
,Noun.
[
Hydro-
, 2 + oxide
.] (Chem.)
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical;
as, calcium
. hydroxide
ethyl hydroxide