hydruret Chem.
(ˈhaɪdrʊrɛt)
[f. hydrogen + -uret (taken from sulphuret).]
A compound of hydrogen with a metal or organic radical; a hydride.
| 1812 Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 411 A solid combination of hydrogene and tellurium..was first observed by M. Ritter in 1808. The composition of the solid hydruret of tellurium has not been yet ascertained. 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 21 Products not acid, formed by hydrogen, and a simple substance, if solid, are called hydrurets. 1850 Daubeny Atom. The. vii. (ed. 2) 216 The highly poisonous principle, hydruret of benzoyle, which is found in the essential oil of bitter almonds. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 491 Hydruret of Copper. a 1864 Gesner Coal, Petrol., etc. (1865) 128 The hydruret of salicile, or oil of spirea. |
Hence ˈhydruretted a., combined with hydrogen.
| 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 46 Detonate in the mercurial eudiometer, one volume of hydruretted carbon, with five volumes of oxygen, the result will be carbonic acid and water. 1886 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |