CYANO RADICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyano radical mean? 

• CYANO RADICAL (noun)
  The noun CYANO RADICAL has 1 sense:

1. the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound

  Familiarity information: CYANO RADICAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYANO RADICAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cyanide group; cyanide radical; cyano group; cyano radical

Hypernyms ("cyano radical" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)