nitrous
IPA: nˈɪtrʌs
noun
- (dentistry, automotive, informal) Nitrous oxide.
- (automotive, informal) The system in some racing vehicles which pumps nitrous oxide into the engine to improve performance.
adjective
- (now historical) Pertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from nitrogen, especially in which the valence of the nitrogen is lower than that of a corresponding nitric species.
- (chemistry) Of or relating to nitrous acid or its derivatives.
- (mycology, biology) Having a sharp odor like ammonia or nitric acid.
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Examples of "nitrous" in Sentences
- The oxide of nitrogen so formed is called nitrous oxide or laughing gas.
- JAMES'S interest in nitrous oxide was prompted by a man named Benjamin Paul
- The nicotine combines with another common compound called nitrous acid to form TSNAs,
- Ultimately, nitrous is pricy and a bit exotic, but it can sure turn heads with the simple push of a button.
- Some of our ATV compatriots are looking for a no-holds-barred game of horsepower, and nitrous is the ultimate weapon.
- As aquatic dead zones around the world intensify on a daily basis the increase in nitrous oxide production could be deadly to the atmosphere.
- Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory discovered that the nicotine in so-called 'third-hand smoke' reacts with a common indoor air pollutant called nitrous acid to form dangerous chemicals.
- A study coauthored by Nobel-prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen said corn ethanol might exacerbate climate change as the added fertilizer used to grow corn raised emissions of a very potent greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide.
- Priestley found that the same kind of air was to be obtained by moistening with the spirit of nitre (which he terms nitrous acid) any kind of earth that is free from phlogiston, and applying heat; and consequently he says: "There remained no doubt on my mind but that the atmospherical air, or the thing that we breathe, consists of the nitrous acid and earth, with so much phlogiston as is necessary to its elasticity, and likewise so much more as is required to bring it from its state of perfect purity to the mean condition in which we find it."
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