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nitrocarbon

nitrocarbon noun: any nitro derivative of a hydrocarbon, especially of an aliphatic hydrocarbon.

Noun

nitrocarbon (plural nitrocarbons)

  1. Any nitro derivative of a hydrocarbon, especially of an aliphatic hydrocarbon

Forms of nitrocarbon

pluralnitrocarbons

Origin of nitrocarbon

From nitro- + carbon.

Questions about nitrocarbon

What does nitrocarbon mean?
Nitrocarbon means any nitro derivative of a hydrocarbon, especially of an aliphatic hydrocarbon.
What part of speech is nitrocarbon?
Nitrocarbon is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrocarbon?
The plural of nitrocarbon is nitrocarbons.

Words near nitrocarbon in the dictionary

  1. nitrobiphenyl
  2. nitrobiphenyls
  3. nitroblue tetrazolium
  4. nitrocalcite
  5. nitrocarbol
  6. nitrocarbon
  7. nitrocarbons
  8. nitrocarburization
  9. nitrocarburize
  10. nitrocarburized
  11. nitrocarburizes

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