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an⋅hy⋅dride

  [an-hahy-drahyd, -drid]
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–noun Chemistry.
1. a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
2. a compound from which water has been abstracted.
Origin:
1860–65; anhydrous + -ide
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an·hy·dride   (ān-hī'drīd')   
n.  A chemical compound formed from another, often an acid, by the removal of water.

[anhydr(ous) + -ide.]
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Main Entry: an·hy·dride
Pronunciation: (')an-'hI-"drId
Function: noun
: a compound derived from another (as an acid) by removal of the elementsof water
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anhydride an·hy·dride (ān-hī'drīd')
n.
A chemical compound formed from another by the removal of water.

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