Containing or in the form of a hemihydrate; having the chemical structure of a compound with half-unit water molecules.
Past participle adjective of 'hemihydrate,' used in chemistry to describe the state or condition of a substance that has undergone hemihydration.
When calcium sulfate is hemihydrated, it becomes plaster of Paris—one of humanity's oldest and most useful materials, used from ancient Egyptian tombs to modern hospitals, all because of this half-water relationship.
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