ANHYDRIDE

anhydride

(noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

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Etymology

Noun

anhydride (plural anhydrides)

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

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• hydraenid

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An*hy"dride, n. Etym: [See Anhydrous.] (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition