hydrated
Americanadjective
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chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
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(of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
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Hydrated lime can be found all over the world in countless buildings, used both as a mortar and as plaster.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022
Hydrated minerals mean Bennu matches to CI and CM carbonaceous chondrites, which is what the team wanted desperately to get back into laboratories on Earth.
From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2018
Hydrated oxides form when the iron is exposed to oxygen and water.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Hydrated lime, often called slaked lime, is a combination of stone-lime and water.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva
Hydrated cyanic acid is a volatile and highly blistering fluid, which cannot be brought into contact with water without being instantaneously decomposed.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von
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