NITROMETHANE

Meaning of NITROMETHANE in English

/nuy'treuh meth"ayn/ , n. Chem.

a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.

[ 1870-75; NITRO- + METHANE ]

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NITROMETHANE — noun Date: 1872 a liquid nitroparaffin CH 3 NO 2 that is used as an industrial solvent, in chemical synthesis, …
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NITROMETHANE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at nitro- + noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nitr- + methane : a liquid nitroparaffin CH 3 NO 2 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NITROMETHANE — (n.) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
Английский словарь Webster
NITROMETHANE — ( n. ) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NITROMETHANE — -ˈmē- noun Date: 1872 : a liquid nitroparaffin CH 3 NO 2 that is used as an industrial solvent, in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NITROMETHANE — noun a nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; called also nitrocarbol.
Webster English vocab
NITROMETHANE — ■ noun Chemistry an oily liquid used as a solvent and as rocket fuel.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NITROMETHANE — [ni.tro.meth.ane] n (1872): a liquid nitroparaffin that is used as an industrial solvent, in chemical synthesis, and as a fuel …
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NITROMETHANE — нитрометан
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NITROMETHANE — нитрометан
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NITROMETHANE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ n ī -tr ō - ' me- ˌ th ā n, Brit usu - ' m ē …
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DRAG RACING — Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile …
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SODIO- — combining form Etymology: New Latin sodium 1. : sodium and sodio aluminic sodio hydric 2. : containing sodium in place …
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PSEUDONITROLE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nī.ˌtrōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: German pseudonitrole, from pseud- + nitr- + -ole : any of a class of …
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NITROPARAFFIN — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at nitro- + noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nitr- + paraffin : a nitro derivative (as nitromethane, nitropropane) of …
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MONOFUEL — “+ noun Etymology: mon- + fuel : a substance (as nitromethane) that contains an oxidizer (as the nitro group) capable …
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HYDROXYLAMMONIUM — (|)hī|dräksə̇l+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hydroxyl (from English) + ammonium : the univalent cation HONH 3 + derived from …
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FULMINURIC ACID — |fu̇l]mə|n(y)u̇rik-, |fəl] noun Etymology: fulminuric International Scientific Vocabulary fulmin- (as in fulminic ) + uric : a white crystalline explosive …
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CHLOROPICRIN — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at chloro- +ˈpikrə̇n noun also chlor·pic·rin klōr, -ȯr+ ( -s ) Etymology: German chlorpikrin, from chlor- + -pikrin -picrin …
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NITROCARBOL — (n.) See Nitromethane.
Английский словарь Webster
NITROCARBOL — ( n. ) See Nitromethane.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRICHLORONITROMETHANE — /truy klawr'oh nuy'troh meth"ayn, -klohr'-/ , n. Chem. chloropicrin. [ TRI- + CHLORO- 2 + NITROMETHANE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NITROCARBOL — noun ·see nitromethane.
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PROPELLANT — any gas, liquid, or solid the expansion of which can be used to impart motion to another substance or object. …
Britannica English vocabulary
NITRO COMPOUND — any of a family of chemical compounds in which the nitro group (-O-N=O) forms part of the molecular structure. The …
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METHANE — also called marsh gas, colourless, odourless gas that occurs abundantly in nature as the chief constituent of natural gas, as …
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DRAG RACING — form of motor racing popular in the United States in which two contestants race side by side from a standing …
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DRAG RACING — Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile …
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ENERGY — n. 25B6; noun she has so much energy : VITALITY, vigour, life, liveliness, animation, vivacity, spirit, spiritedness, verve, enthusiasm, zest, …
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