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1. (n.) cyanogen
a colorless, poisonous, flammable gas, C
2. cyanogen
the univalent group CN.
Etymology: (1820–30; < F
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1. (noun) cyanogen
a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare
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1. (noun) cyanogen
a colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals recognized
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