Isocyanic

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

  Isocyanic \I`so*cy*an"ic\, a. [Iso- + cyanic.] (Chem.)
     Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid.
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     {Isocyanic acid}, an acid metameric with cyanic acid, and
        resembling it in its salts. It is obtained as a colorless,


        mobile, unstable liquid by the heating cyanuric acid.
        Called technically {carbimide}.
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