Associations to the word «Hydration»

Wiktionary

HYDRATION, noun. (chemistry) the incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound
HYDRATION, noun. (biology) the process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues
HYDRATION, noun. (construction) 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.

Dictionary definition

HYDRATION, noun. The process of combining with water; usually reversible.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne