nitrile
[ nahy-tril, -treel, -trahyl ]
/ ˈnaɪ trɪl, -tril, -traɪl /
noun Chemistry.
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
Words nearby nitrile
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nitrilo-,
nitrite,
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nitro
Example sentences from the Web for nitrile
I spent an hour sprinting to four drug stores, three of which were sold out of the blue non-latex Nitrile gloves I sought.
This process is the exact reverse of the nitrile synthesis, described above.
The Chemistry of Plant Life |Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThis compound combines with hydrocyanic acid to form a nitrile which hydrolyses to dichlor-hydroxy iso-butyric acid.
British Dictionary definitions for nitrile
nitrile
/ (ˈnaɪtrɪl, -traɪl) /
noun
any one of a class of organic compounds containing the monovalent group -CN
Also called (not in technical usage): cyanide
Medical definitions for nitrile
nitrile
n.
An organic cyanide containing a CN group.
Scientific definitions for nitrile
nitrile
An organic compound, such as acrylonitrile, containing the cyanide group CN. Nitriles are typically colorless solids or liquids and have a distinctive smell.