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hydroxides

hydroxides is the plural of hydroxide.

Meaning of hydroxide

Noun

hydroxide (plural hydroxides)

  1. A univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
    • A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN
  2. Any substance containing such an anion.

Phrases with hydroxides

Questions about hydroxides

What is hydroxides the plural of?
Hydroxides is the plural of hydroxide.

Words near hydroxides in the dictionary

  1. hydroxanthic acid
  2. hydroxanthommatin
  3. hydroxic acid
  4. hydroxidanaidal
  5. hydroxide
  6. hydroxides
  7. hydroxido
  8. hydroxilase
  9. hydroxilic acid
  10. hydroximate
  11. hydroximates

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