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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unstable acid, HCNO, that forms highly explosive salts.
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- noun chemistry Iso-
cyanic acid , HCNO, anunstable compound which formsexplosive salts
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- noun (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes; see fulminate + –ic.]
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