anhydride
anhydride noun: any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.
Noun
anhydride (plural anhydrides)
anhydride meaning in Tamil and Malay
anhydride in Tamil
- நீரிலி, நீர் நீக்கிய நிலை, நீர் நீக்கப்பட்ட காடி
anhydride in Malay
- Compound formally derived from another by loss of water molecule
- kontang
Forms of anhydride
| plural | anhydrides |
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Origin of anhydride
From an- + hydride. Compare anhydrous and -ide.
Words formed from anhydride
- acetic anhydride
- acyl anhydride
- base anhydride
- carbon anhydride
- carbonic anhydride
- dianhydride
- glycide
- haloanhydride
- heteroanhydride
- homoanhydride
- maleic anhydride
- malonic anhydride
- mannide
- mellitic anhydride
- oxalic anhydride
- phthalic anhydride
- polyanhydride
- polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
- succinic anhydride
- sulfinic anhydride
- sulfonic anhydride
- sulphinic anhydride
- sulphonic anhydride
- thioanhydride
- trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride
Phrases with anhydride
Questions about anhydride
- What does anhydride mean?
- Anhydride means any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.
- What is anhydride in Tamil?
- Anhydride in Tamil is நீரிலி, நீர் நீக்கிய நிலை, நீர் நீக்கப்பட்ட காடி. See Anhydride meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anhydride?
- Anhydride is a noun.
- What is the plural of anhydride?
- The plural of anhydride is anhydrides.
Words near anhydride in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anhydride (page history and authors); anhydride (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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