anhydrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce anhydrous in British English:
UK [æn'haɪdrəs]
How to pronounce anhydrous in American English:
US [ænˈhaɪdrəs]
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- Adjective:
- without water; especially without water of crystallization
Word Origin
- anhydrous (adj.)
- "containing no water," 1819, a modern coinage from Greek an-, privative prefix (see an- (1)), + hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). Greek did have anhydros "waterless," used of arid lands or corpses that had not been given proper funeral rites.
Example
- 1. Hydrogen partition coefficients between nominally anhydrous minerals and b.
- 2. Cholesterol gallstones are almost composed of cholesterol anhydrous or monohydrate crystals and calcium carbonate .
- 3. Drainage aqueduct is inthe anhydrous state perennially , the actual working environment is greatly different with ordinary .
- 4. Hazard characteristics : anhydrous hydrogen chloride is non-corrosive while it becomes intensely corrosive when meeting water .
- 5. Methanol dehydrogenation is a promising route for commercial production of anhydrous formaldehyde .