hydrogen cyanide
1Hydrogen cyanide — IUPAC name …
2hydrogen cyanide — n 1) a poisonous usu. gaseous compound HCN that has the odor of bitter almonds 2) HYDROCYANIC ACID * * * an extremely poisonous colorless liquid or gas, HCN, a decomposition product of various naturally occurring glycosides and a common cause of… …
3hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid. [1880 85] * * * ▪ chemical compound also called formonitrile (HCN) a highly volatile, colourless, and extremely poisonous… …
4hydrogen cyanide — Hydrocyanic Hy dro*cy*an ic, a. [Hydro , 2 + anic: cf. F. hydrocyanique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen. [1913 Webster] {Hydrocyanic acid} (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile liquid, {HCN},… …
5hydrogen cyanide — cianido rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė HCN atitikmenys: angl. hydrocyanic acid; hydrogen cyanide; Prussian acid rus. синильная кислота; цианистоводородная кислота; циановодород ryšiai: sinonimas – vandenilio cianidas …
6hydrogen cyanide — noun Date: 1869 1. a poisonous usually gaseous compound HCN that has the odor of bitter almonds 2. hydrocyanic acid …
7hydrogen cyanide — noun A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some …
8hydrogen cyanide — noun Chemistry a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid with an odour of bitter almonds, made by the action of acids on cyanides. [HCN.] …
9hydrogen cyanide — hy′drogen cy′anide n. chem. a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid …
10hydrogen cyanide — /haɪdrədʒən ˈsaɪənaɪd/ (say huydruhjuhn suyuhnuyd) noun a highly poisonous, volatile gas, HCN, with an odour of bitter almonds …
