Cyanogen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A colorless, flammable, pungent, highly poisonous gas, C2N2, used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide, and a chemical weapon.
  • n. A univalent radical, CN, found in simple and complex cyanide compounds.
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  • n. A colourless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare.
  • n. The pseudohalogen (CN)2.
  • n. The radical -CN.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals recognized.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Chemical symbol Cy. A compound radical, CN, composed of one atom of nitrogen and one of carbon.
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  • n. a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare
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