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cyano

cyano noun: a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles.

Noun

cyano (plural cyanos)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles

cyano meaning in Tamil

cyano in Tamil

கருநீலம்

Forms of cyano

pluralcyanos

Words formed from cyano

Questions about cyano

What does cyano mean?
Cyano means a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles.
What is cyano in Tamil?
Cyano in Tamil is கருநீலம். See Cyano meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cyano?
Cyano is a noun.
What is the plural of cyano?
The plural of cyano is cyanos.

Words near cyano in the dictionary

  1. cyanized
  2. cyanizes
  3. cyanizing
  4. cyanmethaemoglobin
  5. cyanmethemoglobin
  6. cyano
  7. cyano-
  8. cyanoacetaldehyde
  9. cyanoacetamide
  10. cyanoacetate
  11. cyanoacetates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyano (page history and authors); cyano (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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