Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.
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Monoxide
//məˈnɒksʌɪd//
Synonyms for "monoxide" (2 found)
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16 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- monòxid noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Dutch
1 entries- monoxide noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Finnish
1 entries- monoksidi noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
French
1 entries- protoxyde noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
German
1 entries- Oxydul noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Greek
1 entries- μονοξείδιο noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Hungarian
1 entries- monoxid noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Irish
1 entries- aonocsaíd noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Italian
1 entries- monossido noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Malay
1 entries- monoksida noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Polish
1 entries- monotlenek noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Portuguese
1 entries- monóxido noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Romanian
1 entries- monoxid noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Russian
2 entries- моноокси́д noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
- одноо́кись noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
Spanish
1 entries- monóxido noun (oxide containing a single oxygen atom)
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You shouldn't sleep with a coal stove on because it releases a very toxic gas called carbon monoxide. Sleeping with a coal stove running may result in death.
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Our atmosphere contains 21% oxygen, which is necessary for us to breathe, 78% nitrogen, and 0.9% argon. The other 0.1% consists of water vapor, carbon dioxide, neon, methane, krypton, helium, xenon, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause hallucinations.
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