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Definition of Anhydride
1. Noun. A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound
Definition of Anhydride
1. n. 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 of Anhydride
1. Noun. (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides ¹
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Definition of Anhydride
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Medical Definition of Anhydride
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anhydride
Literary usage of Anhydride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"Under the same circumstances, the anhydride prepared by the first process is
unaffected, but at 160° hydrochloric acid converts it into benzoyl chloride and ..."
2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"The oxidation of sulphurous anhydride, SO2, into sulphuric anhydride, SO3, is
effected by passing a mixture of the former and dry oxygen or air over ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1902)
"In making the determinations I again dehydrated the oxychloride, and, at the same
time, the apparatus, by dissolving unweighed pieces of the anhydride in ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"THE ACTION OF PHTHALIC anhydride ON ... and one molecule of phthalic anhydride
with a dehydrating agent, such as anhydrous zinc chloride, sulphuric acid, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"The colour of the above compounds appears to be almost entirely due to the element
which is added on to the anhydride; the sulphur or selenium in the ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"On some Problems connected with Atmospheric, Carbonic anhydride, and on a New
and Accurate Method for determining its Amount, ..."
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