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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A univalent hydrogen anion, or a compound of this ion with a more electropositive element or group.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See hydrid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.
  • noun (Chem.) A hydride of lithium, LiH, commonly used as a powerful reducing agent in organic chemistry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry a compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements

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Examples

  • Helium hydride is the simplest heteronuclear molecule (besides HD), yet its spectrum had not been observed.

    Wolfgang Ketterle - Autobiography 2002

  • LoGrasso and Wright tackled the main question on everyone’s mind: why lithium-ion when nickel metal hydride is a battery technology that, according to LoGrasso, is “nearing maturity in cost and performance.”

    Will GM Revive the Electric Car? Part 2 2007

  • LoGrasso and Wright tackled the main question on everyone’s mind: why lithium-ion when nickel metal hydride is a battery technology that, according to LoGrasso, is “nearing maturity in cost and performance.”

    Archive for » 2007 » March : Sustainablog 2007

  • Price is one of them: lithium-ion batteries currently cost twice as much as nickel-metal-hydride, which is why GM says its plug-in Chevy Volt could cost nearly $40,000 when it hits the streets in late 2010.

    Now We’re Cooking With … Batteries 2008

  • REINER: No, it is called a hydride -- whatever it is.

    CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2001 2001

  • Secondly, additional amounts of tritium placed in the proper location nearby the fission device - called a "primary" in this case - begin a fusion reaction There are other ways of doing this, of course The chemicals of choice are lithium-deuteride and lithium-hydride, which is more stable, but tritium is still extremely useful for certain weapons applications '

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • But Hayasaki said Nissan's unique system enables it to better control the motor by using a lithium-ion battery instead of nickel-metal hydride, which is slower in capturing and discharging energy.

    HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010

  • In particular, the team identified that the first step of the FTDS-catalyzed reaction involves the transfer of a proton and two electrons, known as a hydride, from a flavin co-factor molecule to dUMP whereas the first step of the TS-catalyzed reaction involves an amino acid from the enzyme's active site forming a bond with dUMP.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • In particular, the team identified that the first step of the FTDS-catalyzed reaction involves the transfer of a proton and two electrons, known as a hydride, from a flavin co-factor molecule to dUMP whereas the first step of the TS-catalyzed reaction involves an amino acid from the enzyme's active site forming a bond with dUMP.

    innovations-report 2009

  • In particular, the team identified that the first step of the FTDS-catalyzed reaction involves the transfer of a proton and two electrons, known as a hydride, from a flavin co-factor molecule to dUMP whereas the first step of the TS-catalyzed reaction involves an amino acid from the enzyme's active site forming a bond with dUMP.

    unknown title 2009

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