Nitrous

Definition of Nitrous

Ni´trous

a.

1.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

2.

(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

Nitrous acid
(Chem.) a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites.

Nitrous oxide
See Laughing gas.

Related Words

atomic number 7, azotic, N, nitric, nitrogen

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Nitrohydrochloric
Nitrohydrochloric acid
Nitrol
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Nitroprussic
Nitroprusside
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Nitrosaccharin
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nitrosylic acid
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Nitrous acid
Nitrous oxide
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Nitrum flammans
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