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HYDRATED OXIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrated oxide mean?
• HYDRATED OXIDE (noun)
The noun HYDRATED OXIDE has 1 sense:
1. a compound of an oxide with water
Familiarity information: HYDRATED OXIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A compound of an oxide with water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
hydrated oxide; hydroxide
Hypernyms ("hydrated oxide" 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 "hydrated oxide"):
aluminium hydroxide; aluminum hydroxide; hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide (white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite)
calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime (a caustic substance produced by heating limestone)
magnesium hydroxide (a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines)
caustic potash; potash; potassium hydroxide (a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry)
caustic soda; sodium hydroxide (a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds)
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