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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nitrous  \Ni"trous\,  a.  [L.  nitrosus  full  of  natron:  cf  F. 
  nitreux  See  {Niter}.] 
  1.  Of  pertaining  to  or  containing,  niter;  of  the  quality  of 
  niter,  or  resembling  it 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  Of  pertaining  to  or  designating,  any  one  of 
  those  compounds  in  which  nitrogen  has  a  relatively  lower 
  valence  as  contrasted  with  nitric  compounds. 
 
  {Nitrous  acid}  (Chem.),  a  hypothetical  acid  of  nitrogen 
  {HNO2},  not  known  in  the  free  state,  but  forming  a  well 
  known  series  of  salts,  viz.,  the  nitrites. 
 
  {Nitrous  oxide}.  See  {Laughing  gas}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nitrous 
  adj  :  of  or  containing  nitrogen;  "nitric  acid"  [syn:  {azotic},  {nitric}] 




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