Hydroxide

2 definitions found

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

  Hydroxide \Hy*drox"ide\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxide.] (Chem.)
     A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made
     by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by
     elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of
     hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as,
     calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hydroxide
       n 1: a compound of an oxide with water [syn: {hydrated oxide}]
       2: a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group