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WATER OF HYDRATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water of hydration mean?
• WATER OF HYDRATION (noun)
The noun WATER OF HYDRATION has 1 sense:
1. the water present in hydrated compounds
Familiarity information: WATER OF HYDRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The water present in hydrated compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
water of crystallisation; water of crystallization; water of hydration
Hypernyms ("water of hydration" is a kind of...):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
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