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Hydration

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The process of combining or impregnating with water, or the resulting condition. Also hydratation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.
  • noun. water chemically combined with some substance to form a hydrate; -- distinguished from water of crystallization.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound
  • noun. the process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues
  • noun. the chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its setting and hardening.
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  • noun. the process of combining with water; usually reversible
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    "She was very sick at both ends and needed hydration from the vet."
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