- cyanide
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1826 1. a compound of cyanogen with a more electropositive element or group: as a. potassium cyanide b. sodium cyanide 2. cyanogen 1
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Cyanide — sind Salze und andere Verbindungen der Blausäure (Cyanwasserstoff, HCN). In der organischen Chemie ist Cyanid eine veraltete, aber durchaus noch gebräuchliche (in der Betrachtungsweise als Ester der Blausäure) Bezeichnung für Nitrile mit der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cyanide — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Cyanide» Sencillo de Metallica del álbum Death Magnetic Publicación 2 de septiembre de 2008 Formato Descarga digital … Wikipedia Español
cyanide — [sī′ə nīd΄, sī′ənid΄] n. [ CYAN(O) + IDE] a substance composed of a cyanogen group in combination with some element or radical; esp., potassium cyanide, KCN, or sodium cyanide, NaCN, extremely poisonous, white, crystalline compounds with an odor… … English World dictionary
Cyanide — Cy a*nide (s? ? n?d or n?d; 104), n. [Cf. F. cyanide. See {Cyanic}.] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cyanide — est une société française de développement de jeux vidéo, basée à Nanterre. Elle a été fondée en 2000 à Paris et a créé des antennes à Montréal (Québec, Canada) et Chengdu (Chine). Les fondateurs (Patrick Pligersdorffer, Philippe Thiébaut, Tuan… … Wikipédia en Français
Cyanide — Cyanide, s. Cyanmetalle … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Cyanide — Cyanide, Singular Cyanid das, s, Salze der Blausäure (Cyanverbindungen) … Universal-Lexikon
cyanide — a salt of hydrocyanic acid, 1826, coined from cyan , comb. form for carbon and nitrogen compounds, from Gk. kyanos dark blue (see CYAN (Cf. cyan)) + chemical ending IDE (Cf. ide), on analogy of chloride. So called because it first had been… … Etymology dictionary
cyanide — ► NOUN ▪ a salt or ester of hydrocyanic acid, most kinds of which are extremely poisonous … English terms dictionary
Cyanide — This article is about the class of chemical compounds. For other uses, see Cyanide (disambiguation). The cyanide ion, CN−. From the top: 1. Valence bond structure 2. Space filling model 3. Electrostatic potential surface 4. Carbon lone pair… … Wikipedia
cyanide — /suy euh nuyd , nid/, n., v., cyanided, cyaniding. n. 1. Also, cyanid /suy euh nid/. Chem. a. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN. b. a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C2H3N. v.t. 2. to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to… … Universalium
