nitrile
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Definition of nitrile
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
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(countable, uncountable)A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
“Sitting in a box under my bed are the nitrile gloves that I bought to practise with my forensic kit.”
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Etymology
Derived from benzonitrile which contains the −C≡N group. Benzonitrile was discovered and named by Hermann Fehling in 1844.
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