hy·drous

(hī′drəs)

adj.

Containing water, especially water of crystallization or hydration.

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hydrous

(ˈhaɪdrəs)

adj

1. (Chemistry) containing water

2. (Chemistry) (of a chemical compound) combined with water molecules: hydrous copper sulphate, CuSO4.5H2O.

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hy•drous

(ˈhaɪ drəs)

adj.

1. containing water.

2. containing water in some kind of chemical union, as in hydrates or hydroxides.

[1820–30; hydr-¹ + -ous]

hy·drous

(hī′drəs)

Chemistry

Containing water: a hydrous salt.

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Adj.

hydrous - containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)

hydrated

chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

anhydrous - without water; especially without water of crystallization

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This permitted the vines to utilize the hydrous reserves to the fullest during the heat of summer.

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For the intermediate b1, single crystal suitable for the X-ray diffraction study was obtained by slow evaporation of its hydrous ethanol solution.

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Shattuckite is a hydrous copper silicate, [Cu.sub.5][(Si[O.sub.3]).sub.4] [(OH).sub.2], which occurs as a secondary mineral in oxidized copper deposits and is commonly associated with chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite and quartz (Anthony et al., 1995).

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The numbers from Step III and Step IV were higher than 90% of the arsenate adsorbed for all three dosing modes, which represented the specifically sorbed As (V) and amorphous crystalline hydrous oxides of Fe, respectively.

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