Associations to the word «Anhydride»

Wiktionary

ANHYDRIDE, noun. (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides

Dictionary definition

ANHYDRIDE, noun. A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope