hydroxide
/haɪˈdɹɒks.aɪd/
hydroxide noun: a univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
Noun
hydroxide (plural hydroxides)
- A univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
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- Any substance containing such an anion.
hydroxide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malay
hydroxide in Hindi
- univalent anion
- उदजारेय udjārey
hydroxide in Tamil
- ஐதரொட்சைட்டு, ஹைட்ராக்சைடு
hydroxide in Telugu
- hydroxide
- హైడ్రాక్సైడు haiḍrāksaiḍu
hydroxide in Malay
- univalent anion
- hidroksida
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- hydroxide in Thai
- ไฮดรอกไซด์
Examples of hydroxide in a sentence
- The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
- Sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
- A related lead carbonate hydroxide oxide mineral, plumbonacrite (q.v.; Pb₁₀(CO₃)₆O(OH)₆), also exists.
Forms of hydroxide
| plural | hydroxides |
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Origin of hydroxide
From hydro- + oxide.
Words formed from hydroxide
- aluminium hydroxide
- aluminum hydroxide
- ammonium hydroxide
- barium hydroxide
- beryllium hydroxide
- cadmium hydroxide
- caesium hydroxide
- cesium hydroxide
- calcium hydroxide
- dihydroxide
- dodecahydroxide
- ethyl hydroxide
- gallium hydroxide
- hydrogen hydroxide
- indium hydroxide
- iron hydroxide
- lithium hydroxide
- magnesium hydroxide
- methyl hydroxide
- methylmercury hydroxide
- monohydroxide
- nickel hydroxide
- oxohydroxide
- oxyhydroxide
- pentahydroxide
- plumbic hydroxide
- potassium hydroxide
- quaternary ammonium hydroxide
- radium hydroxide
- rubidium hydroxide
- sodium hydroxide
- stannic hydroxide
- stannous hydroxide
- strontium hydroxide
- tetramethylammonium hydroxide
- thallium hydroxide
- zinc chromate hydroxide
- zinc hydroxide
- zirconium hydroxide
Questions about hydroxide
- What does hydroxide mean?
- Hydroxide means a univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
- What is hydroxide in Hindi?
- Hydroxide in Hindi is उदजारेय (udjārey). See Hydroxide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hydroxide?
- Hydroxide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hydroxide?
- Hydroxide is pronounced /haɪˈdɹɒks.aɪd/.
- What is the plural of hydroxide?
- The plural of hydroxide is hydroxides.
Words near hydroxide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydroxide (page history and authors); hydroxide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); హైడ్రాక్సైడు (Telugu) (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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