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NITRILE

Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrile mean?

• NITRILE (noun)
The noun NITRILE has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

Familiarity information: NITRILE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NITRILE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cyanide; nitril; nitrile

Hypernyms ("nitrile" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitrile"):

acrylonitrile; propenonitrile; vinyl cyanide (a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene)

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