"nitrile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪtɹaɪl/ Forms: nitriles [plural]
Etymology: Derived from benzonitrile which contains the −C≡N group. Benzonitrile was discovered and named by by Hermann Fehling in 1844. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nitrile (countable and uncountable, plural nitriles)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Translations (class of organic compounds): nitril [masculine] (Catalan), (cing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (jīng) (Chinese Mandarin), nitriili (Finnish), Nitril [neuter] (German), nitril (Hungarian), nítríl [feminine] (Irish), nitrile (Italian), ニトリル (nitoriru) (Japanese), 니트릴 (niteuril) (Korean), nitryl [masculine] (Polish), nitrila [feminine] (Portuguese), nitrilo [masculine] (Portuguese), nitrilo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nitrile-en-noun-earq6HiU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'class of organic compounds': 81 19
  2. A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nitrile-en-noun-5VQ6EXCR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, butyronitrile, nitrile imide, nitrile rubber, nitrilic, phosphonitrile, propenenitrile

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