| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hydrate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hydrate) | 1. Supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently".[Wordnet]. 2. Become hydrated and combine with water.[Wordnet]. 3. Cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin".[Wordnet]. 4. To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: hydrating, hydrated, hydrates, hydrator, hydrators, hydratingly and hydratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HYDRATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: hydrate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] In chimistry, a compound, indefinite proportions, of a metallic oxyd with water. A hydrate is a substance which has formed so intimate a union with water as to solidify it, and render it a component part. Slaked lime is a hydrate of lime.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Administration | A solid compound containing water molecules combined in a definite ratio as an integral part of the crystal. (references) | ||
| Mining | 1: A hydrocarbon and water compound that is formed under reduced temperature and pressure in gathering, compression, and transmission facilities for gas. Hydrates often accumulate in troublesome amounts and impede fluid flow. They resemble snow or ice. (references) | 2: A. A compound or complex ion formed by the union of water with some other substance and represented as actually containing water b. A hydroxide, such as calcium hydrate (hydrated lime. (references) | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. (references) | 2: [Noun] (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water. A lotion can hydrate the skin. (references) |
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Common Expressions: hydrate
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Calcium hydrate | A caustic substance produced by heating limestone. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Chloral hydrate | 1: A white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Chloral hydrate | Chloral hydrate, also known as trichloroacetaldehyde monohydrate, 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol, and under the tradenames Aquachloral, Novo-Chlorhydrate, Somnos, Noctec, and Somnote, is a sedative and hypnotic drug as well as a chemical reagent and precursor. Its chemical formula is C2HCl3O · H2O. (references) | ||
| Lime hydrate | A caustic substance produced by heating limestone. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Phenyl hydrate | (Chem.), phenol or carbolic acid. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hydrate
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Chloral Hydrate | Health | A hypnotic and sedative used in the treatment of insomnia. The safety margin is too narrow for chloral hydrate to be used as a general anesthetic in humans, but it is commonly used for that purpose in animal experiments. It is no longer considered useful as an anti-anxiety medication. (references) | |
| Lime hydrate | Chemistry | A calcium hydroxide used for the treatment of dry fine soils. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Manganese hydrate | Mining | See: wad. (references) | |
| Sodium hydrate | Chemistry | It is the most important commercial caustic; white deliquescent solid, chiefly in form of beads or pellets; also 50 per cent and 73 per cent aqueous solution; absorbs water and carbon dioxide from the air; soluble in water, alcohol and glycerol. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Terpin hydrate | Chemistry | Crystalline terpene occurring usually in the hydrated form, prepared from turpentine or limonene; used to promote the discharge of mucus from the respiratory tract. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: hydrate
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| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| HYDRATE | English | Techniques for the Quantification of Methane Hydrate in European Continental Margins | N/A | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: hydrate | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Chloral hydrate | 32 | Acetylglycinamide chloral hydrate | 9 | |
| Clathrate hydrate | 21 | Chloral hydrate | 32 | |
| Acetylglycinamide chloral hydrate | 9 | Clathrate hydrate | 21 | |
| Hydrate | 8 | Hydrate | 8 | |
| Natural gas hydrate | 2 | Natural gas hydrate | 2 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
