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cyanido

cyanido noun: the cyano(CN) ion, ligand or radical.

Noun

cyanido (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) The cyano(CN) ion, ligand or radical.

Origin of cyanido

*Standardised in the "Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, IUPAC Recommendations 2005"; derived from cyanide with an -o suffix.

Questions about cyanido

What does cyanido mean?
Cyanido means the cyano(CN) ion, ligand or radical.
What part of speech is cyanido?
Cyanido is a noun.

Words near cyanido in the dictionary

  1. cyaniding
  2. cyanidings
  3. cyanidins
  4. cyanidiophyte
  5. cyanidiophytes
  6. cyanido
  7. cyanidol
  8. cyanids
  9. cyanimide
  10. cyanimides
  11. cyanin

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