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Webster 1913 Edition
Anhydride
An-hy′dride
,Noun.
[See
Anhydrous
.] (Chem.)
An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; – so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
Definition 2024
Anhydride
anhydride
anhydride
See also: Anhydride
English
Noun
anhydride (plural anhydrides)
- (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
Translations
Compound formaly derived from another by loss of water molecule