different between tetrahydrate vs hydrate

English

Etymology

tetra- +? hydrate

Noun

tetrahydrate (plural tetrahydrates)

1. (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains four molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per formula unit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hydrate, coined by Joseph-Louis Proust, from Ancient Greek ???? (húd?r, “water”) + -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h??dr?t, IPA^(key): /?ha?d?e?t/

Noun

hydrate (plural hydrates)

1. (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
2. (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• hydrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• water of crystallization

Verb

hydrate (third-person singular simple present hydrates, present participle hydrating, simple past and past participle hydrated)

1. (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

   A lotion can hydrate the skin.

2. (slang) To drink water.
3. (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables

Synonyms

• (to add water to): bewater

Coordinate terms

• caffeinate

Derived terms

• dehydrate
• hydrate or diedrate
• hydration
• rehydrate

Translations

Anagrams

• thready

French

Etymology

hydr- +? -ate

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.d?at/

Noun

hydrate m (plural hydrates)

1. (chemistry) hydrate

Verb

hydrate

1. first-person singular present indicative of hydrater
2. third-person singular present indicative of hydrater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of hydrater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of hydrater
5. second-person singular imperative of hydrater

Further reading

• “hydrate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).