Hyponitrous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyponitrous \Hy`po*ni"trous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.]
     (Chem.)
     Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence
     than in nitrous compounds.
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     {Hyponitrous acid} (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, {NOH},
        whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates,
        although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state
        except as a solution in water; -- called also {nitrosylic
        acid}.
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