Define the word nitroxyl"nitroxyl" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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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"Nitroxyl" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Nitroxyl \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
The group -NO2, usually called the nitro group.
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