Nitroxyl

2 definitions found

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

  nitro- \ni"tro-\pref.
     1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of
        niter.
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     2. (Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively)


        designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids;
        as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the
        group or radical {NO2}, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene
        ({C6H5.NO2}).
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     {Nitro group}, the radical {NO2}; -- called also {nitroxyl}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nitroxyl \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
     The group {-NO2}, usually called the {nitro group}.
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