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nitrogen dioxide

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A deadly poisonous reddish brown gas, NO2, denser than air, often found in smog and automobile exhaust fumes and synthesized for use as a nitrating agent, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent.

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  • noun inorganic chemistry the binary compound NO2, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)

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