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- [hahy-druh-juh n sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid]
- /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd/
- /ˈhaɪ.drɪ.dʒən ˈsaɪə.naɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-druh-juh n sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid]
- /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd/
Definitions of hydrogen cyanide words
- noun hydrogen cyanide a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid. 1
- noun hydrogen cyanide a colourless poisonous liquid with a faint odour of bitter almonds, usually made by a catalysed reaction between ammonia, oxygen, and methane. It forms prussic acid in aqueous solution and is used for making plastics and dyes and as a war gas. Formula: HCN 0
- noun hydrogen cyanide (inorganic chemistry) 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 organic compounds to form nitriles. 0
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Origin of hydrogen cyanide
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85
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hydrogen cyanide popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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