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Dehydration   /dˌihaɪdrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Dehydration

noun
1.
Dryness resulting from the removal of water.  Synonym: desiccation.
2.
Depletion of bodily fluids.
3.
The process of extracting moisture.  Synonyms: desiccation, drying up, evaporation.





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"Dehydration" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the roasting of coffee is largely evidenced as a destructive distillation and also as a partial dehydration. At the same time, oxidizing and reducing reactions probably occur within the bean, as well as some ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... preliminary it is convenient to divide heterocyclic ring systems into two leading groups: (1) systems resulting from simple internal dehydration (or similar condensations) of saturated aliphatic compounds—such compounds are: the internal anhydrides or cyclic ethers of the glycols and thioglycols (ethylene oxide, &c.); the cyclic alkyleneimides resulting from ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various
... name given by Cloez to a hydrocarbon obtained by subjecting Eucalyptol (q.v.) to dehydration by phosphorus pentoxide. The same name has also been given by other chemists to a hydrocarbon believed to ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris


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