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nitromethane

nitromethane noun: the simplest nitroparaffin, CH₃NO₂; a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft.

Noun

nitromethane (countable and uncountable, plural nitromethanes)

  1. The simplest nitroparaffin, CH₃NO₂; a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft.
    • After trial and error, they settled on nitromethane—a dry-cleaning solvent and sometime rocket fuel—as by far the most potent.2022 July 21, Marlan Davis, “What Is Nitromethane, Anyway?”, in MotorTrend

Forms of nitromethane

pluralnitromethanes

Origin of nitromethane

From nitro- + methane.

Questions about nitromethane

What does nitromethane mean?
Nitromethane means the simplest nitroparaffin, CH₃NO₂; a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft.
What part of speech is nitromethane?
Nitromethane is a noun.
What is the plural of nitromethane?
The plural of nitromethane is nitromethanes.

Words near nitromethane in the dictionary

  1. nitromannite
  2. nitromannitol
  3. nitromersol
  4. nitrometer
  5. nitrometers
  6. nitromethane
  7. nitromethanes
  8. nitromethyl
  9. nitromethyls
  10. nitrometric
  11. nitrometry

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