Definition of Hydride

1. Noun. Any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements.


Definition of Hydride

1. n. A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.

Definition of Hydride

1. Noun. (chemistry) a compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydride

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hydride

1. A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element. Origin: Hydr- + ide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydride

hydrencephalocele
hydrencephaloid
hydrencephalomeningocele
hydrencephalus
hydrencephsloid
hydria
hydriad
hydriads
hydriae
hydriatric
hydric
hydric acid
hydric soil
hydricity
hydrid
hydride (current term)
hydride ion
hydrides
hydridic
hydriding
hydridized
hydrido
hydrido complex
hydrids
hydriform
hydrilla
hydrillas
hydrina
hydrindantin
hydrino

Literary usage of Hydride

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Compound VI is the predominant product formed by mixed hydride reduction (LiAlH4:AlCl3 ... The effect of adding excess A1C13 in mixed hydride reductions was ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1898)
"In a current of chlorine, hydride of calcium does not change to any perceptible ... When heated on a sheet of platinum in free air, hydride of calcium ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"Anisyl hydride forms crystalline compounds with the acid sulphites of the ... If anisyl hydride be dissolved in an equal volume of alcohol and mixed with ..."

4. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1881)
"MeH or C n4 Ethylic hydride EtH or Ca H6 ... hydride, various isomers are possible, of which a considerable number have been prepared. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"hydride of Benzoyl with Chloride of Calcium,—When dry pulverised chloride ... When hydride of benzoyl is shaken up with a solution of this salt of 28°—30° ..."

6. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"hydride or CHLOROBENZOYL. Vid. Chloride of Benzol. hydride OF ... (Bunsen.) More soluble in alcohol, but less soluble in ether. hydride OF ..."

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