anhydride : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anhydride	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anhydride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anhydride n a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anhydride \An*hy"dride\, n. [See {Anhydrous}.] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.