2. Noun. (informal) nitroglycerin, especially as medication ¹
3. Adjective. (chemistry) containing the nitro group; such compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nitro
1. a nitrated product [n -TROS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitro
Literary usage of Nitro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The physical data were identical with that of the ac/-nitro tautomer ...
Tautomerization of oci-nitro Compound with Lithium Acetate- Acetic Acid Buffer. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Though this powder was made of such powerful explosives us nitro-glycerin and
nitro-cellulose, and though the amount was so large that, had it been black ..."
3. A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day Being Also an by Ernst von Meyer (1906)
"Picric acid, which was so much earlier known than nitro-benzene, ... It may be
taken for granted that nitro-derivatives of every aromatic compound are known ..."
4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"It tically from three to four times its own weight of nitro-glycerine, and
possesses the valuable advantage over other absorbent« of resisting a greater ..."
5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1879)
"The splendid purple colour which the nitro- ... a little sulphuretted hydrogen
through the liquid and then adding a few drops of nitro-prusside solution. ..."
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