Anhydride

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  • noun. A chemical compound formed from another, often an acid, by the removal of water.
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  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
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  • noun. a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water
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