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polyhydric

pol·y·hy·dric
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ee-hahy-drik]
    • /ˌpɒl iˈhaɪ drɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ee-hahy-drik]
    • /ˌpɒl iˈhaɪ drɪk/

Definitions of polyhydric word

  • adjective polyhydric (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy. 1
  • adjective polyhydric another word for polyhydroxy, esp when applied to alcohols 0
  • adjective polyhydric containing more than one hydroxyl group (OH) in the molecule 0

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Origin of polyhydric

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; poly- + hydric1

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Parts of speech for Polyhydric

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

polyhydric popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

polyhydric usage trend in Literature

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