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nitrolic

[ nahy-trol-ik ]

adjective

, Chemistry.
  1. of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nitrolic1

First recorded in 1890–95; nitr- + -ol 1 + -ic

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nitrohydrochloric acidnitromannitol