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nitrous oxide

nitrous oxide noun: a nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.

Noun

nitrous oxide (uncountable)

  1. A nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.
    • Holonym: gas and air
    • On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not.2024 September 23, Trace William Cowen, “What the Hell Is Galaxy Gas?”, in Complex

nitrous oxide meaning in Tamil and Thai

nitrous oxide in Tamil

நைதரசொட்சைட்டு

nitrous oxide in Thai

nitrous oxide
ไนตรัสออกไซด์ nai-dtrâs-ɔ́k-saai

Synonyms of nitrous oxide

All synonyms of nitrous oxide

Questions about nitrous oxide

What does nitrous oxide mean?
Nitrous oxide means a nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.
What is nitrous oxide in Tamil?
Nitrous oxide in Tamil is நைதரசொட்சைட்டு. See Nitrous oxide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nitrous oxide?
Nitrous oxide is a noun.

Words near nitrous oxide in the dictionary

  1. nitrotyrosylated
  2. nitrourea
  3. nitrous
  4. nitrous acid
  5. nitrous air
  6. nitrous oxide
  7. nitrovasodilator
  8. nitrovasodilators
  9. nitrovasodilatory
  10. nitrovin
  11. nitrox

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