polyhydric

American  

[pol-ee-hahy-drik] / ˌpɒl iˈhaɪ drɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.

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polyhydric British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈhaɪdrɪk /

adjective

1. another word for polyhydroxy, esp when applied to alcohols

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Etymology

Origin of polyhydric

First recorded in 1875–80; poly- + hydric ¹

Example Sentences

Last week the corps announced its choice as ethylene glycol, a polyhydric alcohol, whose ingredients can be bought in the open market.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Dextrose, maltose, milk sugar, galactose, and the polyhydric alcohols give, if anything, only insignificant colours, and these only after long standing.

From Project Gutenberg

I gathered that it is something like a polyhydric alcohol and something like a substituted hydrocarbon, and yet different from either in that it contains flourin in loose combination.

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The experience gained by the methyl glucosides makes it exceedingly probable that the simpler polyhydric alcohols also are suitable substances to employ in these syntheses; as a matter of fact, glycerol has been condensed with gallic acid.

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Amongst polyhydric alcohols, the behaviour of the methyl ester of catechol, guaiacol was investigated.

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