hydride

American  

[hahy-drahyd, -drid] / ˈhaɪ draɪd, -drɪd /

noun

1. a binary compound formed by hydrogen and another, usually more electropositive, element or group, as sodium hydride, NaH, or methyl hydride, CH 4 .

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hydride British  

/ ˈhaɪdraɪd /

noun

1. any compound of hydrogen with another element, including ionic compounds such as sodium hydride (NaH), covalent compounds such as borane (B 2 H 6 ), and the transition metal hydrides formed when certain metals, such as palladium, absorb hydrogen

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hydride Scientific  

/ hī′drīd′ /

1. A compound of hydrogen with another element or radical.

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Etymology

Origin of hydride

First recorded in 1840–50; hydr- ² + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

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hydride

The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024

To herd them into a beam a few micrometers across, they would pass through a low-density material such as lithium hydride or liquid hydrogen.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2024

"This work can therefore be viewed as an important step in the use of renewable organic hydride catalysts to the decades-long quest for room temperature catalytic methanol production from CO2."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

This means that almost zero hydride ions were wasted.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023

The experiments have been made with the vapors of two very volatile liquids, namely, sulphuric ether and hydride of amyl.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various