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

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

"Our result is the first demonstration of a hydride ion-conducting solid electrolyte at room temperature."

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2023

Now, suppose a man had a pair of tweezers small enough to pick up a single molecule of lithium hydride and pinch the two nuclei together.

From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall