anhydride
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an·hy·dride
(ăn-hī′drīd′)n.
A chemical compound formed from another, often an acid, by the removal of water.
[anhydr(ous) + -ide.]
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anhydride
(ænˈhaɪdraɪd; -drɪd)n
1. (Chemistry) a compound that has been formed from another compound by dehydration
2. (Chemistry) a compound that forms an acid or base when added to water
3. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: acid anhydride or acyl anhydride any organic compound containing the group -CO.O.CO- formed by removal of one water molecule from two carboxyl groups
[C19: from anhydr(ous) + -ide]
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an•hy•dride
(ænˈhaɪ draɪd, -drɪd)n.
1. a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound.
2. a compound from which water has been abstracted.
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an·hy·dride
(ăn-hī′drīd′) A chemical compound formed from another, especially an acid, by the removal of water.
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| Noun | 1. | anhydride - a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water acetic anhydride - a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin phthalic anhydride - a white cyclic anhydride chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
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