nitro group

3 definitions found

nitro group - 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 \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
     The group -NO2, usually called the nitro group.
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nitro group - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nitro group
      n 1: the group -NO3