Hydrous vs Hydrate - What's the difference?
hydrous | hydrate |
(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
(inorganic compound, rare) Water.
To take up, consume or become linked to water.
(slang) To drink water.
As an adjective hydrous
is (chemistry) containing combined water; hydrated.As a noun hydrate is
.hydrous
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Hydrous has no English definition. It may be misspelled.hydrate
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrateSee also
* ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallizationVerb
(hydrat)- A lotion can hydrate the skin.