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nitromethanes

nitromethanes is the plural of nitromethane.

Meaning of nitromethane

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

Questions about nitromethanes

What is nitromethanes the plural of?
Nitromethanes is the plural of nitromethane.

Words near nitromethanes in the dictionary

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

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