anhydrous

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anhydrous (comparative more anhydrous, superlative most anhydrous)

1. Having little or no water.
3. (physical chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
   • 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments‎^[1], Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:

     Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.

Derived terms

• nonanhydrous

Translations

having no water

• Afrikaans: watervry, waterloos
• Catalan: anhidre
• Dutch: vochtvrij (nl), watervrij (nl)
• Esperanto: vandløs
• French: anhydre (fr)
• Galician: anhidro
• Greek: άνυδρος (el) m (ánydros)
• Irish: ainhidriúil
• Italian: anidro (it)
• Maori: waikore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannfri, vannløs

• Polish: bezwodny (pl)
• Portuguese: anidro (pt)
• Spanish: anhidro (es)
• Sundanese: saat (su)
• Tagalog: awanhaydrohan