Thesaurus: nitrous

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1. a. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
2. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
3. adj. of or containing nitrogen
4. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. -- Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.
5. Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compoundsin which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted withnitric compounds. Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid ofnitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well knownseries of salts, viz., the nitrites.-- Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.
6. j:100 a of or containing nitrogen