Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A salt of hydrocyanic acid: same as
cyanide .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a
cyanide , in which only the cyanogen so combines.
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- noun chemistry A compound of
hydrocyanic acid with abase , distinguished fromcyanide , in which only thecyanogen so combines.
Etymologies
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hydro- + cyanide
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Examples
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One, however, was more than half full of a solution of hydrocyanide of potassium, a liquid little less suddenly and surely fatal than the prussic acid which enters into its composition.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881
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Instantly he recognized the faint, sickly odour of hydrocyanide of potassium, and remembered that he had left the bottle with the solution on his table that afternoon in his hurry.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881
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