cryohydricadj.
/krʌɪə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪdrɪk/, U.S. /ˌkraɪoʊˈhaɪdrɪk/ Chemistry. Now rare.
Of or relating to distinctive mixtures of crystalline substances with water (ice), or their formation (cf. cryohydrate n.). Chiefly in cryohydric point n. the eutectic point or temperature of a solution of a salt in water. cryohydric temperature n. = cryohydric point n.
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1888 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 54 1150 Ice and a salt, which exist together in presence of a solution of a salt at the cryohydric point under the pressure of one atmosphere, but which can also exist at a lower temperature if the pressure is increased.
1902 G. S. Newth Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. (ed. 9) i. xiv. 155 Such a solution is known as a constant-freezing solution, or sometimes a cryohydric solution.
1903 Amer. Chem. Jrnl. Mar. 205 Such a system can exist only at its cryohydric temperature, and the composition of the solution is fixed.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 4 500 The introduction into plant tissues of substances having relatively high cryohydric points gave very little added resistance.
1964 G. W. Castellan Physical Chem. xv. 299 In aqueous systems..the eutectic point was called the cryohydric point.
1998 Jrnl. Food Engin. 38 335 Te..represents the product cryohydric (eutectic) temperature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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