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noun
Hydrate  n.  (Chem.)
(a)
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
(b)
A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.





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"Hydrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide (Doriden), ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... finished infernal machines of various sizes and kinds, some of tremendous destructive capacity. Kennedy did not even attempt to study them. All about were high explosives, chemicals, dynamite. There was gunpowder of all varieties, antimony, blasting-powder, mercury cyanide, chloral hydrate, chlorate of potash, samples of various kinds of shot, some of the outlawed soft-nosed dumdum bullets, cartridges, shells, pieces of metal purposely left with jagged edges, platinum, aluminum, iron, steel—a conglomerate mass of stuff that would have ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve


Words linked to "Hydrate" :   supply, change, monohydrate, compound, humidify, furnish, calcium hydrate, render, moisturise, moisturize, hydration


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