Hydride

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydride \Hy"dride\, n. [Hydr- + ide.] (Chem.)
     A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united
     with some other element.
  
     {lith"i*um hy"dride}, n. (Chem.) A hydride of lithium, {LiH},
        commonly used as a powerful reducing agent in organic


        chemistry.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hydride
       n : any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and
           other elements