hydrazine

hy·dra·zine  (hdr-zn, -zn)

n.

A colorless, fuming, corrosive hygroscopic liquid, H₂NNH₂, used in jet and rocket fuels.

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hydrazine [ˈhaɪdrəˌziːn -zɪn]

n

(Chemistry) a colourless basic liquid made from sodium hypochlorite and ammonia: a strong reducing agent, used chiefly as a rocket fuel. Formula: N₂H₄

[from hydro- + azo- + -ine²]

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hydrazine  (hdr-zn, -zn)

A colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid with an odor like ammonia that is a powerful reducing agent. It can be combined with organic compounds to form jet and rocket fuels and is also used to make explosives, fungicides, medicines, and photographic chemicals. Chemical formula: N₂H₄.

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Noun

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hydrazine - a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent - an explosive charge that propels a rocket reducer, reducing agent, reductant - a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver