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Definition of Hydration
1. Noun. The process of combining with water; usually reversible.
Definition of Hydration
1. n. The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.
Definition of Hydration
1. Noun. (chemistry) the incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound ¹
2. Noun. (biology) the process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues ¹
3. Noun. (construction) the chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its setting and hardening. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hydration
1. The condition of being combined with water. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydration
Literary usage of Hydration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Freezing-point Lowering, Conductivity, and Viscosity of Solutions of by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"Diffe=A—/„=lowering due to hydration. A=lowering found experimentally for calcium
chloride, corrected to 1000 grams of solvent. ..."
2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"What conclusion more simple and plausible than that antigorite has been mainly
produced in such instances by direct hydration of olivine? ..."
3. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"... 396 Carbonation and hydration 397 Carbonation, hydration, ... 401 Hydration
402 Hydration and decarbonation 402 Hydration and ..."
4. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"Rate of Hydration and Development of Strength.—The following summary of the
hydration of Portland-cement compounds is given by Klein and Phillips of the US ..."
5. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"Rate of Hydration arid Development of Strength.—The following summary of the
hydration of Portland-cement compounds is given by Klein and Phillips of the US ..."
6. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Georgia (1902)
"Hydration. — While occasionally observed by some investigators) the full significance
of hydration, in its application to rock-weathering, has only recently ..."
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