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ANHYDRIDE

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• ANHYDRIDE (noun)
The noun ANHYDRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

Familiarity information: ANHYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

• ANHYDRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("anhydride" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anhydride"):

acetic anhydride (a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin)

phthalic anhydride (a white cyclic anhydride)

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(English proverb)
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(Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
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(Armenian proverb)
"Have no respect at table and in bed."
(Corsican proverb)

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