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单词 cyanogen
释义

cyanogen

noun

cy·​an·​o·​gen sī-ˈa-nə-jən How to pronounce cyanogen (audio)
1
: a monovalent group −CN present in cyanides
2
: a colorless flammable poisonous gas (CN)2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Separating light from 2I/Borisov into its component parts, his team found a signature of cyanogen, a molecule made of a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom bonded together. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2019 The probe survived for about 72 minutes on the cold ground, spying rocks of water ice, measuring the atmospheric density and temperature, and detecting organic compounds such as ethane, cyanogen, benzene and large amounts of methane. Jay Bennett, Smithsonian, 6 May 2012 Hydrogen glows red, helium glows yellow, and cyanogen glows green. Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Dec. 2018 The comet currently passing by Earth, comet 46P/Wirtanen, has a substantial amount of cyanogen. Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Dec. 2018 His biggest coup was providing the Brits with the design of a chemical warfare dispersal device manufactured from parts that could be found in a tool shed and was capable of spreading deadly cyanogen chloride or other agents. NBC News, 17 June 2018 A study published in 2014 in Environmental Science & Technology, for example, found that when uric acid in human urine mixes with chlorine, a toxic compound called cyanogen chloride (CNCI) and trichloramine (NCl3) is formed, TIME reported. Melinda Carstensen, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

French cyanogène, from cyan- + gène -gen

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

cyanogen

noun

cy·​ano·​gen sī-ˈan-ə-jən How to pronounce cyanogen (audio)
1
: a monovalent group −CN present in cyanides
2
: a colorless flammable poisonous gas (CN)2
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