Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any six-membered
heterocycle having twocarbon atoms, fournitrogen atoms and threedouble bonds
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tetrazine.
Examples
-
With the spectroscopic insight of Don Levy and with a series of graduate students we published the pioneering papers on not only jet cooled spectra of ordinary molecules such as NO2, and tetrazine, but also on the first van der Waals complexes with helium (e.g. HeI2), and with the vital collaboration of Daniel Auerbach the first supersonic beam study of a metal atom-rare gas complex, NaAr.
-
The intense radiation and tetrazine coolant had done a lot of damage to the corpse, which barely retained a humanoid shape.
Infiltrator W.R. Thompson 1996
-
Your friend has a nearlethal amount of tetrazine in his system, and you’ve both taken a large radiation dose.
Infiltrator W.R. Thompson 1996
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.