Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A solid compound containing water molecules combined in a definite ratio as an integral part of the crystal. Often used in combination.
- intransitive verb To rehydrate.
- intransitive verb To supply water to (a person, for example) in order to restore or maintain fluid balance.
- intransitive verb To become a hydrate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To combine or impregnate with water.
- To form into a hydrate.
- noun In chem., a compound of a class which may be regarded as formed upon the same type as water, or by the substitution of a metallic atom, or a basic radical, for one of the atoms of hydrogen in water: for example, HOH, water; KOH, potassium hydrate; NH4OH, ammonium hydrate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
- noun A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide
- transitive verb To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A solid
compound containing orlinked towater molecules . - noun inorganic chemistry, rare
Water . - verb transitive To take up,
consume or become linked to water. - verb slang To
drink water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any compound that contains water of crystallization
- verb supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- verb cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to
- verb become hydrated and combine with water
Etymologies
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Examples
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Methane hydrate is a crystalline solid that consists of methane surrounded by a cage of water molecules.
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Methane hydrate is a crystalline solid that consists of methane surrounded by a cage of water molecules.
Sewer Ice « Isegoria 2008
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A hydrate is created when a molecule of gas — in this case, methane or natural gas — is trapped by high pressures and low temperatures inside a cage of water molecules.
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Methane hydrate is essentially frozen natural gas .... there is enough of it just off the North Carolina coast to power the entire country for the next 50 years ....
Blitzer: As the race comes into focus, the gloves come off 2008
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Methane hydrate is a form of water ice that contains a large amount of methane within its crystal structure, called a clathrate hydrate.
Think Progress » Noonan: If Global Warming Is Real, Blame The Scientists 2006
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The first attempt to place a "dome" over the well failed because of a well-known problem called hydrate crystals.
Experts see how-not-to book emerging from gulf oil spill cleanup 2010
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The first attempt to place a "dome" over the well failed because of a well-known problem called hydrate crystals.
Experts see how-not-to book emerging from gulf oil spill cleanup 2010
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And in both cases, one of the drugs which was used, at least (ph) in Anna Nicole Smith, was an unusual drug, chloral hydrate, which is not used usually as a sleeping pill.
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DAVID CAPLAN, "STAR": An overdose of chloral hydrate, which is a sleeping medication.
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· The most common form is dry hydrate, which is very suitable for storage in silos or airtight bags, and easy to transport.
Chapter 4 1988
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