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HYDRATED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)

Synonyms:

hydrated; hydrous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb hydrate

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 Context examples: 

Traits with uncertain explanations include their gradual growth, their seasonal reappearance, their rapid fading when inactive, and the presence of hydrated salts, which have water molecules bound into their crystal stucture.

(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)

This implies that the sites rich in hydrated carbonates have been exposed due to recent activity on the surface.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

The imaging of frozen-hydrated molecules and organelles permits the best possible resolution closest to the living state, free of chemical fixatives or stains.

(Cryo-Electron Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

Samples were snap-frozen down to minus 200°C to preserve the cells in their live hydrated state, then coated in an ultra-thin platinum film three nanometres thick to give good visible contrast under the microscope.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

The Dawn team found that Ceres' crust is a mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials that were subjected to past and possibly recent geologic activity, and that this crust represents most of that ancient ocean.

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)

When the researchers looked at the same locations and RSL weren't as extensive, they detected no hydrated salt.

(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)

The seismic images show that the area of hydrated rock at the Mariana Trench extends almost 20 miles beneath the seafloor — much deeper than previously thought.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

For example, salts can become hydrated by pulling water vapor from the atmosphere, and this process can form drops of salty water.

(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)

Similarly, hydrated carbonate would dehydrate, although over a longer timescale of a few million years.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

From the measurements of water in the exosphere, the researchers calculated that the hydrated layer has a water concentration of about 200 to 500 parts per million, or about 0.02 to 0.05 percent by weight.

(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)