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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a class of organic compounds formally derived from hydrocarbons by replacing every hydrogen atom with a cyanide radical; e.g. - tetracyanomethane - C(CN)₄

Etymology

From cyano- + carbon.

Related phrases

cyanocarbon acid

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