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nitro


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nitro-  \Ni"tro-\ 
  1.  A  combining  form  or  an  adjective  denoting  the  presence  of 
  niter. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  A  combining  form  (used  also  adjectively) 
  designating  certain  compounds  of  nitrogen  or  of  its  acids, 
  as  nitrohydrochloric,  nitrocalcite;  also  designating  the 
  group  or  radical  {NO2},  or  its  compounds,  as  nitrobenzene. 
 
  {Nitro  group},  the  radical  {NO2};  --  called  also  {nitroxyl}. 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Nitro,  WV  (city,  FIPS  59068) 
  Location:  38.41763  N,  81.83111  W 
  Population  (1990):  6851  (3065  housing  units) 
  Area:  8.9  sq  km  (land),  0.9  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  25143 




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