Definitions
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 ofhydrogen with a moreelectropositive 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
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Helium hydride is the simplest heteronuclear molecule (besides HD), yet its spectrum had not been observed.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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REINER: No, it is called a hydride -- whatever it is.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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