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nitriles

nitriles is the plural of nitrile.

Meaning of nitrile

Noun

nitrile (countable and uncountable, plural nitriles)

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
  2. A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
    • Sitting in a box under my bed are the nitrile gloves that I bought to practise with my forensic kit.2021, Ben Aaronovitch, What Abigail Did That Summer, Gollancz, page 96

Questions about nitriles

What is nitriles the plural of?
Nitriles is the plural of nitrile.

Words near nitriles in the dictionary

  1. nitrile
  2. nitrile imide
  3. nitrile imides
  4. nitrile rubber
  5. nitrile rubbers
  6. nitriles
  7. nitrilic
  8. nitrilimine
  9. nitrilimines
  10. nitrilium
  11. nitriliums

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