cryohydrate Chem.
(kraɪəʊˈhaɪdrət)
[f. as cryogen + hydrate.]
A solid hydrate formed by the combination of a salt or other crystalloid with water (ice) at a temperature below freezing-point.
| 1874 F. Guthrie in Proc. Physical Soc. I. 74 At O° C. the ice and the water solidify together, producing the compound body or cryohydrate called ice, which is thus a cryohydrate of water. 1875 Ibid. I. 76 By Cryohydrate I mean the body resulting from the union of water with another body, and which hydrate can only exist in the solid form below O° C. |