Arsine
/ˈɑː(ɹ)siːn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH₃, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic. uncountable
- 2 a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare wordnet
- 3 Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc. countable
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From ars(enic) + -ine (“suffix used to form names of chemical substances”).