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anhydrous

adjectivemasculine/femininetécnico/ɐˈniðɾu/low

a·ni·dro

Definition

Without water; dry, lacking water.
Anhydrous alcohol is used as a laboratory solvent.
They maintained anhydrous conditions to prevent product hydrolysis.
Common collocations
anhydrous alcoholanhydrous conditionsanhydrous calcium chloride

Etymology

Do grego 'an-' (sem) + 'hydōr' (água), através do latim científico.

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