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cyanide
[ sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid ]
noun
- Also ··Ծ [] Chemistry.
- a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
- a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
verb (used with object)
- to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to extract gold.
cyanide
/ ˈsaɪəˌnaɪd; ˈsaɪənɪd /
noun
- any salt of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanides contain the ion CN –and are extremely poisonous
- another name (not in technical usage) for nitrile
cyanide
/ ī′ə-ī′ /
- Any of a large group of chemical compounds containing the radical CN, especially the very poisonous salts sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide. Cyanides are used to make plastics and to extract and treat metals.
Derived Forms
- ˌⲹԾˈ岹پDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·a·Ծ noun
- ܲ·a·Ծe noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cyanide1
Example Sentences
Also present was journalist Al Martinez, who would become a Times columnist and, decades later, write about being haunted by what he saw as the cyanide pellets dropped and the gas rose.
It also confirmed there were no containers on board carrying sodium cyanide, as had been initially feared.
Lloyds List, a shipping data company, said on Monday that it was carrying sodium cyanide.
It later emerged that the Stena Immaculate was carrying jet fuel for the US defence department, while the Solong was carrying containers that previously contained the chemical sodium cyanide, among other cargo.
The Solong was carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide among its cargo, according to a report from maritime data provider Lloyd's List Intelligence.
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