Webster's Dictionary 1913

3781

Hydrographic

{ Hy′dro‐graph″ic (?), Hy′dro‐graph″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or relating to hydrography.

3782

Hydrography

Hy‐drog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -graphy: cf. F. hydrographie.] 1. The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.2. That ...

3783

Hydroguret

Hy‐drog″u‐ret (?), n. [From Hydrogen.] (Chem.) A hydride.

3784

Hydroid

Hy″droid (?), a. [Hydra + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. — n. One of the Hydroideas.

3785

Hydroidea

‖Hy‐droi″de‐a, n. pl. [NL. See Hydra, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephæ. [Written also Hydroida.]☞ This order includes the hydras and the free-swimmi...

3786

Hydrokinetic

Hy′dro‐ki‐net″ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + kinetic.] Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the forces which produce or affect such motions; — opposed to hydrostatic. Sir W. T...

3787

Hydrological

Hy′dro‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrology.

3788

Hydrologist

Hy‐drol″o‐gist (?), n. One skilled in hydrology.

3789

Hydrology

Hy‐drol″o‐gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -logy: cf. F. hydrologie.] The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.

3790

Hydrolysis

Hy‐drol″y‐sis (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -lysis.] (Chem.) A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.

3791

Hydrolytic

Hy′dro‐lyt″ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. � to loose.] (Chem.) Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or caustic alkali. E...

3792

Hydromagnesite

Hy′dro‐mag″ne‐site (hī′drō̍‐măg″nē̍‐sīt), n. [Hydro-, 1 + magnesite.] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, earthy, amorphous masses.

3793

Hydromancy

Hy″dro‐man′cy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -mancy: cf. F. hydromancie.] Divination by means of water, — practiced by the ancients.

3794

Hydromantic

Hy′dro‐man″tic (?), a. [Cf. F. hydromantique.] Of or pertaining to divination by water.

3795

Hydromechanics

Hy′dro‐me‐chan″ics (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + mechanics.] That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.

3796

Hydromedusa

‖Hy′dro‐me‐du″sa (?), n.; pl.Hydromedusæ (#). [NL. See Hydra, and Medusa.] (Zoöl.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Cras...

3797

Hydromel

Hy″dro‐mel (?), n. [L. hydromel, hydromeli, Gr. �; � water + � honey: cf. F. hydromel.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.

3798

Hydromellonic

Hy′dro‐mel‐lon″ic (?), a. See Cyamellone.

3799

Hydrometallurgical

Hy′dro‐met′al‐lur″gic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores. — Hy′dro‐met′al‐lur″gic‐al‐ly, ...

3800

Hydrometallurgy

Hy′dro‐met″al‐lur′gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy.] The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.

3801

Hydrometeor

Hy′dro‐me″te‐or (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + meteor.] A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; — in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena ...

3802

Hydrometeorological

Hy′dro‐me′te‐or′o‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.

3803

Hydrometeorology

Hy′dro‐me′te‐or‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + meteorology.] That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds,...

3804

Hydrometer

Hy‐drom″e‐ter (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -meter: cf. F. hydromètre.] 1. (Physics) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous l...

3805

Hydrometric

{ Hy′dro‐met″ric (?), Hy′dro‐met″ric‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. hydromètrique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids.2. Of o...

3806

Hydrometrograph

Hy′dro‐met″ro‐graph (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. � measure + -graph.] An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a g...

3807

Hydrometry

Hy‐drom″e‐try (?), n. [Cf. F. hydromètrique.] 1. The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.2. ...