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Definition of Nitryl

1. n. A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.

Definition of Nitryl

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry especially in combination) The univalent radical -NO₂ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nitryl

1. short for nitroxyl [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nitryl

1. A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical. Origin: Nitro- + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitryl

Literary usage of Nitryl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Modern Chemistry by Charles Adolphe Wurtz, William Houston Greene (1889)
"nitryl Chloride and Bromide. — Like nitric oxide, which may be called ... There exists a chloride and also a bromide of nitrogen peroxide or nitryl. ..."

2. Smokeless Powder, Nitro-cellulose, and Theory of the Cellulose Molecule by John Baptiste Bernadou (1901)
"The displacement of a number of atoms of replaceable hydrogen in cellulose, and the substitution therefor of the univalent radicle nitryl (NO,). ..."

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