"cyanogen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sajˈæn.ə.d͡ʒɪn/ Forms: cyanogens [plural]
Etymology: cyano- + -gen; compare French cyanogène. So called because it produced blue dyes. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cyano|gen}} cyano- + -gen, {{cog|fr|cyanogène}} French cyanogène Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cyanogen (countable and uncountable, plural cyanogens)
  1. (organic chemistry) The pseudohalogen (CN)₂; a colorless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds, Poisons, Rocketry Synonyms: ethanedinitrile, oxalonitrile, dicyanogen, nitriloacetonitrile
    Sense id: en-cyanogen-en-noun-fflpwnWT Disambiguation of Poisons: 49 51 Disambiguation of Rocketry: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyano-, English terms suffixed with -gen Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyano-: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gen: 61 39 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry) The radical -CN. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Organic compounds, Poisons Translations (radical): cyaan (Dutch), syaani (Finnish), Cyan (German), Zyan (German)
    Sense id: en-cyanogen-en-noun-M-BPbIq8 Disambiguation of Poisons: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'radical': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cyanogen bromide, cyanogen chloride Translations (organic compound): cianogen [masculine] (Catalan), (qíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 氰气 (qíngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), cyanogeen (Dutch), cyaan (Dutch), ciano (Esperanto), disyaani (Finnish), syaani (Finnish), cyane [masculine] (French), Cyan (German), Zyan (German), Cyanogen [neuter] (German), Dicyan (German)
Disambiguation of 'organic compound': 53 47

Inflected forms

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