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CALCIUM HYDRIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium hydride mean?
• CALCIUM HYDRIDE (noun)
The noun CALCIUM HYDRIDE has 1 sense:
1. a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen
Familiarity information: CALCIUM HYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
calcium hydride; hydrolith
Hypernyms ("calcium hydride" is a kind of...):
hydride (any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements)
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