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HYDROGEN AZIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogen azide mean?
• HYDROGEN AZIDE (noun)
The noun HYDROGEN AZIDE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling
Familiarity information: HYDROGEN AZIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
azoimide; HN; hydrazoic acid; hydrogen azide
Hypernyms ("hydrogen azide" is a kind of...):
explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)
hydride (any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements)
Meronyms (substance of "hydrogen azide"):
hydrazoite (a salt of hydrazoic acid)
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