"anhydrous" meaning in English

See anhydrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more anhydrous [comparative], most anhydrous [superlative]
Etymology: an- + Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ous. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|an||sort=hydrous}} an- +, {{der|en|grc|ὕδωρ||water}} Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), {{suffix|en||ous}} + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} anhydrous (comparative more anhydrous, superlative most anhydrous)
  1. Having little or no water.
    Sense id: en-anhydrous-en-adj-p9OrjnN7
  2. (physical chemistry) Having no water of crystallization. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Water Translations (having no water): watervry (Afrikaans), waterloos (Afrikaans), anhidre (Catalan), vochtvrij (Dutch), watervrij (Dutch), vandløs (Esperanto), anhydre (French), anhidro (Galician), άνυδρος (ánydros) [masculine] (Greek), ainhidriúil (Irish), anidro (Italian), waikore (Maori), vannfri (Norwegian Bokmål), vannløs (Norwegian Bokmål), bezwodny (Polish), anidro (Portuguese), anhidro (Spanish), saat (Sundanese)
    Sense id: en-anhydrous-en-adj-en:chemistry_crystalline Disambiguation of Water: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with an-, English terms suffixed with -ous, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Crystal Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with an-: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95 Disambiguation of Crystal: 0 100 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'having no water': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonanhydrous

Alternative forms

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