hydrate
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪdreɪt/
- Specialized
:
hidrato
- The technologies that enable carbon-intensive shale gas, and possibly gas hydrates, to be economical lower the competitive price that all other alternative energy systems must meet.
- chloral hydrate
- methane hydrates
But we do have plenty of methane hydrates.
- But we do have plenty of methane hydrates.
Examples
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However, decomposing methane hydrates are believed to have triggered major landslides in other deep-sea areas.
Blog text (22) -
All he could smell was the overwhelming, permeating odor of the methane-hydrate plant that dominated the landscape.
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So so it was called pinnacle because of the pretty plates of the hydrate crystal.
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And methane hydrate is grabbing attention for another reason
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Zelig is treated with the experimental drug... somadril hydrate.
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And if you look at coal, if you look at gas hydrates, these are gas and ice and basically an ice encased gas hydrates.
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Shutting down a production facility without appropriate chemical injection leads to hydrate formation, clogging communication lines and pipelines.
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There are CO2 hydrates on Mars, while on Earth most of the hydrates are filled with methane.
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In the first two missions, scientists conducted investigations of deep-sea corals, methane hydrates, coral reefs, and other marine habitats.
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Ice and gas combine to form a hydrate that traps carbon dioxide underground.
Idioms
- Slang
A joking phrase telling someone to drink water to avoid getting dehydrated
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.5
Medicine that makes you sleep but can upset the stomach and make you dependent
- Specialized
A white chemical that can burn skin, used in building and farming to make soil less acidic
Surface Forms
Morphology
hydrate = hydr + ate
The word contains the water-related stem hydr- and the chemical suffix -ate, but the specialized chemistry sense is not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Hydrate as a noun also comes from the Greek hydor 'water', and in chemistry it names a substance that has 'water' molecules held inside its structure. That's why chemists call some crystals 'hydrates' — they literally contain 'water' in their make-up.