meaning of nitrous
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
3. of or containing nitrogen; "nitric
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Related Words
nitrous | nitrous acid | nitrous bacteria | nitrous bacterium | nitrous oxide |