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hydric

1

[ hahy-drik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or containing hydrogen.


hydric

2

[ hahy-drik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or adapted to a wet or moist environment.

-hydric

3
  1. a combining form of hydric 1:

    hexahydric.

hydric

/ ˈhaɪdrɪk /

adjective

  1. of or containing hydrogen
  2. containing or using moisture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hydric

/ drĭk /

  1. Relating or adapted to a wet but not flooded habitat. Cottonwoods, willows, and hemlocks are hydric plants.
  2. Compare mesic


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydric1

First recorded in 1850–55; hydr- 2 + -ic

Origin of hydric2

First recorded in 1925–30; hydr- 1 + -ic
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Example Sentences

The distillate is saturated with hydric sulphide, and any precipitate separated and examined.

The colour of the precipitate from hydric sulphide is either yellowish or black.

It floats on hydric sulphate, which only attacks it at a boiling heat.

Hydric sulphide, SH2, is a colourless transparent gas of sp.

To test for hydric sulphide in air a known quantity may be aspirated through a little solution of lead acetate.

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