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. )

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Example Sentences

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hydride

Their study, published in Nature Communications, suggests that carbon hydride could take on an unusual quasi-one-dimensional superionic state under the intense pressures and temperatures found far beneath the surfaces of these distant planets.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

Rohde, Long and their colleagues are exploring variants of this metal hydride MOF to see what other gases they can adsorb, and also modifications that will allow such materials to adsorb even more CO2.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

"This results in the synthesis of single-phase hydride thin films by fully hydrogenating the metal atoms that naturally tend to persist in the film."

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024

Or let it be hydride of amyl, of the same length, and at a pressure of 6.6 inches.

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

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