hydration
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
hydration (usually uncountable; plural hydrations)
- (chemistry) the incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound
- (biology) the process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues
- (construction) the chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its setting and hardening.
