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nitrotoluene

nitrotoluene noun: any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.

Noun

nitrotoluene (plural nitrotoluenes)

  1. Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive

Forms of nitrotoluene

pluralnitrotoluenes

Origin of nitrotoluene

From nitro- + toluene.

Words formed from nitrotoluene

Questions about nitrotoluene

What does nitrotoluene mean?
Nitrotoluene means any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.
What part of speech is nitrotoluene?
Nitrotoluene is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrotoluene?
The plural of nitrotoluene is nitrotoluenes.

Words near nitrotoluene in the dictionary

  1. nitrosylsulfuric acid
  2. nitrosylsulphuric acid
  3. nitrotetrazolium
  4. nitrothiazole
  5. nitrothiazoles
  6. nitrotoluene
  7. nitrotoluenes
  8. nitrotriazolone
  9. nitrotyrosinate
  10. nitrotyrosinated
  11. nitrotyrosination

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