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hydride
CIDE DICTIONARY
hydride, n. [Hydr- + ide.].
A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.
lith"i*um hy"dride (?) , n. (Chem.) A hydride of lithium, LiH , commonly used as a powerful reducing agent in organic chemistry.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hydride, n. Chem. a binary compound of hydrogen with an element, esp. with a metal.
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