Definition of Hydric

1. Adjective. Having or characterized by excessive moisture. "A hydric habitat"

Similar to: Hydrophytic, Hygrophytic
Antonyms: Mesic, Xeric

Definition of Hydric

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen; as, hydric oxide.

Definition of Hydric

1. Adjective. Characterized by, or requiring moisture ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, or relating to hydrogen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydric

1. pertaining to moisture [adj] - See also: moisture

Medical Definition of Hydric

1. Characterised by an abundant supply of water. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydric

hydrazonoyl
hydrazonyl
hydrazos
hydremia
hydremias
hydrencephalocele
hydrencephaloid
hydrencephalomeningocele
hydrencephalus
hydrencephsloid
hydria
hydriad
hydriads
hydriae
hydriatric
hydric (current term)
hydric acid
hydric soil
hydricity
hydrid
hydride
hydride ion
hydrides
hydridic
hydriding
hydridized
hydrido
hydrido complex
hydrids
hydriform

Literary usage of Hydric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"We accordingly selected hydric chloride aud hydric sulphate for the measurements in question, and prepared solutions of these acids, containing respectively ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"The second chemical change chosen for investigation was that which occurs iu a solution containing hydric iodide (hydriodic ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"... reacting on the hydric sulphate in the same manner as the phosphoric chloride. ... when added to hydric sulphate, breaks up into hydric chloride and ..."

4. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"Action of hydric and Potassic Cyanides on Living Organisms. —-Both hydric cyanide and potassic cyanide are poisonous to all living forms, vegetable or ..."

5. Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1885)
"With regard to the double cyanides, all those are poisonous from which hydric cyanide can be separated through dilute acids, while those which, ..."

6. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"OF hydric ETHER, COMMONLY CALLED SULPHURIC ETHER. When equal weights of alcohol and sulphuric acid are mixed and distilled, a liquid, known by the name of ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"... hydric sulphide : its solution may be prepared by dividing a solution of ammonia into two equal portions, through one of which sulphuretted hydrogen is ..."

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