Anhydride Definition

ăn-hīdrīd
noun
A chemical compound formed from another, often an acid, by the removal of water.
American Heritage
An oxide that reacts with water to form an acid or a base.
Webster's New World
Any compound formed by the removal of water.
Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Anhydride

Noun

Singular:
anhydride
Plural:
anhydrides

Origin of Anhydride

  • anhydr(ous) –ide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • an- +‎ hydride

    From Wiktionary

Anhydride Sentence Examples

  • A higher temperature decomposes this body into carbon dioxide and itaconic acid, C 5 H 6 0 4, which, again, by the expulsion of a molecule of water, yields citraconic anhydride, C 5 H 4 0 3.

  • When distilled with phosphoric anhydride they yield nitriles.

  • Four oxides of sulphur a.re known, namely sulphur dioxide, S02, sulphur trioxide, S03, sulphur sesquioxide, S203, and persulphuric anhydride, S 2 0 7.

  • Although this acid appears to be derived from an oxide S203, it is not certain that the known sesquioxide is its anhydride.

  • Persulphuric anhydride, S207, is a thick viscous liquid obtained by the action of the silent discharge upon a mixture of sulphur trioxide and oxygen.

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Words Starting With

AANANH

Words Ending With

EDEIDE

Unscrambles

anhydride

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