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单词 anhydrous
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anhydrousadj.

/ænˈhaɪdrəs/
Etymology: mod. < Greek ἄνῡδρ-ος waterless ( < ἀν priv. + ὕδωρ water) + -ous suffix.
1. Chem. Having no water in its composition: said of salts, crystals, destitute of water of crystallization, etc. Cf. anhydride n.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > named compounds > [adjective] > not containing water
anhydrous1819
anhydric1880
1819 Pantologia (new ed.) (at cited word), Anhidrous Sulphate of Lime.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 610 Reduce the substance to an anhydrous state.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 281 The vapour of anhydrous (waterless) alcohol.
1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn v. 108 An anhydrous silicate of lime and magnesia.
2. transf. Waterless, sapless, dried up.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture
waterlessOE
unwateryc1000
unwateredc1440
moistureless1562
droughty1596
floodless1606
squalid1615
arid1652
siccaneous1656
anhydrous1872
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 294 That exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism.
1874 E. Coues Birds of Northwest 405 The sterile and anhydrous region of the central desert.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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