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Nitrous \Ni"trous\, a. [L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F.
nitreux. See Niter.]

1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of
niter, or resembling it.
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2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of
those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower
valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
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Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen
HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well
known series of salts, viz., the nitrites.

Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.
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nitrous
adj 1: of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid" [syn: azotic,
nitric, nitrous]
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nitrous [naitrəs]
salpeterhaltig

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nitrous

salpeterhaltig adj

Nitrous related
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