nitrous

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. adj. of or containing nitrogen Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

6. j:100 a of or containing nitrogen Source: ecdict

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