NITROUS
\nˈa͡ɪtɹəs], \nˈaɪtɹəs], \n_ˈaɪ_t_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of NITROUS
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Resembling, obtained from, or soaked with, niter, or saltpeter: nitrous acid, the chemical base from which nitrites are formed: nitrous oxide, an anesthetic; laughing gas.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Noting a nitrogen compound containing the fewest possible oxygen atoms, one in which the nitrogen is present in its lowest valency.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
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Obtained from, Impregnated with, or resembling nitre. Nitrous acid, a compound of oxygen and nitrogen, in the proportion of three equivalents of the former to two of the latter. Nitrous oxide, a gas composed of one equivalent of oxygen and two of nitrogen, sometimes called laughing gas.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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