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 Definitions of cyanide  [ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd]  

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Definition of 'cyanide' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cyanide
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.

2. (v.t.) cyanide
to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to extract gold.

Etymology:  (1820–30)

Definition of 'cyanide' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nitrile, nitril, cyanide
any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

2. (noun) cyanide
an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid


Definition of 'cyanide' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cyanide
a compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical


Translation of 'cyanide' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a deadly type of poison.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sianied Arabic flag Arabic: سيانيد: مِلح الحِمض الأزر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: цианид
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cianeto Czech flag Czech: kyanid German flag German: das Zyanid
Danish flag Danish: cyanid Greek flag Greek: άλας υδροκυανίου Spanish flag Spanish: cianuro
Estonian flag Estonian: tsüaniid Farsi flag Farsi: سیانور Finnish flag Finnish: syanidi
French flag French: cyanure Hebrew flag Hebrew: צִיאָנִיד Hindi flag Hindi: विषैली रासायनिक पदार्थ
Croatian flag Croatian: cijankalij Hungarian flag Hungarian: cianid Indonesian flag Indonesian: sianida
Icelandic flag Icelandic: blásÿrusalt Italian flag Italian: cianuro Japanese flag Japanese: シアン化物
Korean flag Korean: 청산칼리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: cianidas Latvian flag Latvian: cianīds
Malay flag Malay: sianida Dutch flag Dutch: cyanide Norwegian flag Norwegian: blåsyre, cyanid
Polish flag Polish: cyjanek Persian flag Persian: سیانور Pashto flag Pashto: سیاناید
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cianeto Romanian flag Romanian: cianură Russian flag Russian: цианид
Slovak flag Slovak: kyanid Slovenian flag Slovenian: cianid Serbian flag Serbian: cijanid
Swedish flag Swedish: cyanid Thai flag Thai: ไซยาไนด์ ยาพิษชนิดหนึ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: siyanür
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 氰化物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ціанід Urdu flag Urdu: سم قاتل، نهايت هى تيز زهر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xyanua Chinese flag Chinese: 氰化物

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'cyanide' - Nearby Entries  

cyan  cyanic acid  cyanide  cyanide group  cyanide poisoning  cyanide process  cyanide radical  



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