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DNP

DNP noun: 2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method. Also the initialism of dynamic nuclear polarization.

Noun

DNP (countable and uncountable, plural DNPs)

  1. 2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method
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Also used as

DNP is also the initialism of dynamic nuclear polarization.

DNP is also the initialism of Doctor of Nursing Practice.

DNP is also the initialism of dendroaspis natriuretic peptide.

DNP is also the initialism of dinitrophenol.

Forms of DNP

pluralDNPs

Questions about DNP

What does DNP mean?
DNP means 2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method.
What part of speech is DNP?
DNP is a noun.
What is the plural of DNP?
The plural of DNP is DNPs.

Words near DNP in the dictionary

  1. Dnister
  2. Dnistrovskyi
  3. DNN
  4. DNNs
  5. DNOP
  6. DNP
  7. DNPQ
  8. DNPs
  9. DNQ
  10. DNR
  11. DNRA

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