pentahydrate

[pen-tuh-hahy-dreyt]

noun Chemistry.

a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO4⋅5H2O.

Origin of pentahydrate

First recorded in 1915–20; penta- + hydrate

Related formspen·ta·hy·drat·ed, adjective

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