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Anhydride

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Noun

1. anhydride

a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anhydride

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noun
1. 
a compound that has been formed from another compound by dehydration
2. 
a compound that forms an acid or base when added to water
3. Also called: acid anhydride, acyl anhydride
any organic compound containing the group -CO.O.CO- formed by removal of one water molecule from two carboxyl groups

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Anhydride

see synonyms of anhydride
noun
1. 
an oxide that reacts with water to form an acid or a base
2. 
any compound formed by the removal of water

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Anhydride

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n.
A chemical compound formed from another, often an acid, by the removal of water.

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