'lithium hydride' definitions:

Definition of 'lithium hydride'

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Hydride \Hy"dride\, n. [Hydr- + ide.] (Chem.) A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.
{lith"i*um hy"dride}, n. (Chem.) A hydride of lithium, LiH, commonly used as a powerful reducing agent in organic chemistry. [PJC]