Anhydrous Definition

ăn-hīdrəs
adjective
Without water, especially water of crystallization.
American Heritage
Without water.
Webster's New World
Having no water of crystallization; not hydrated.
Webster's New World
The definition of anhydrous is without water.
Gaseous ammonia and gaseous hydrogen chloride are examples of anhydrous substances.
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Having little or no water.

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Not containing water, especially water of crystallization.
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Origin of Anhydrous

  • From Greek anudros an- without a–1 hudōr water wed-1 in Indo-European roots

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

  • an- +‎ Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (hydor, “water”) +‎ -ous.

    From Wiktionary

Anhydrous Sentence Examples

  • The soluble salts are, when in the hydrated condition, also red, but in the anhydrous condition are blue.

  • As heat is supplied, the hydrate is transformed gradually into the anhydrous salt and water.

  • Cobalt chloride, CoC1 2, in the anhydrous state, is formed by burning the metal in chlorine or by heating the sulphide in a current of the same gas.

  • The most common of these sulphides is cobaltous sulphide, CoS, which occurs naturally as syepoorite, and can be artificially prepared by heating cobaltous oxide with sulphur, or by fusing anhydrous cobalt sulphate with barium sulphide and common salt.

  • By dissolving it in concentrated sulphuric acid and warming the solution, the anhydrous salt is obtained.

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