hydration

plural hydrations

1. uncountableusuallychemistryThe incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound.
2. uncountableusuallybiologyThe process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues.

   Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds.

   2016 September 16, Hailey Middlebrook, “Should you really feed a cold and starve a fever?”, in CNN

3. uncountableusuallybusinessThe chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its setting and hardening.
4. uncountableusuallyobject-oriented programmingThe process of populating an object with data loaded from a data source.
5. uncountableusuallycomputingClient-side rendering of pre-rendered static server data, e.g. to make dynamic web pages.

   Synonyms: rehydration