See nitrous on Wiktionary
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"sense": "of, or relating to nitrous acid",
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"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
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"ref": "2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, \"O'Reilly Media, Inc.\", →ISBN, page 320:",
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"ref": "2013, David Vizard, David Vizard's How to Super Tune and Modify Holley Carburetors, CarTech Inc, →ISBN, page 74:",
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