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In laymen terms, dehydration synthesis can best be explained as the process of building something up while removing water from it. It's considered a condensation process because two molecules are condensed to form a larger molecule.

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The basic definition of dehydrtion sythesis is a chemical reaction that builds up molecules by losing water molecules.

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