cyanide (redirected from cyanides)

cy·a·nide  (s-nd)

n. also cy·a·nid (-nd)

Any of various salts or esters of hydrogen cyanide containing a CN group, especially the extremely poisonous compounds potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide.

tr.v. cy·a·nid·ed, cy·a·nid·ing, cy·a·nides

1. To treat (a metal surface) with cyanide to produce a hard surface.

2. To treat (an ore) with cyanide to extract gold or silver.

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cyanide

Noun

any of a number of highly poisonous substances containing a carbon-nitrogen group of atoms

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cyanide  (s-nd)

Any of a large group of chemical compounds containing the radical CN, especially the very poisonous salts sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide. Cyanides are used to make plastics and to extract and treat metals.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cyanide - any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN nitril, nitrile organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical acrylonitrile, propenonitrile, vinyl cyanide - a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
	2.	cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid sodium cyanide - a white poisonous salt (NaCN) used in electroplating potassium cyanide - a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Translations

cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] n → cianuro

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cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] n → cyanure m

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cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] n → Zyanid nt

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cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] n → cianuro

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cyanide

n cyanide [ˈsaiənaid]

a deadly type of poison. sianied سيانيد: مِلح الحِمض الأزرَق цианид kyanid cyanid das Zyanid άλας υδροκυανίου cianuro tsüaniid سیانور syanidi cyanure צִיאָנִיד विषैली रासायनिक पदार्थ cijankalij cianid sianida blásÿrusalt cianuro シアン化物 청산가리 cianidas cianīds sianida cyanide blåsyre, cyanid cyjanek cianeto cianură цианид kyanid cianid cijanid cyanid ไซยาไนด์ ยาพิษชนิดหนึ่ง siyanür 氰化物 ціанід سم قاتل، نهايت هى تيز زهر xyanua 氰化物