| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at nitro- + noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nitr- + methane
: a liquid nitroparaffin CH 3 NO 2 that boils at 101° C, that is obtained usually along with the nitropropanes, and that is used chiefly as an industrial solvent, as a rocket monopropellant, and in chemical synthesis