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nitro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • nī'trō
  • /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The univalent NO₂ functional group.
  2. (informal, uncountable) Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
  3. (countable, informal) A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
  4. (informal, uncountable) Nitromethane.
  5. (informal, uncountable) Nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
    • 8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It" Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.
  6. (informal, uncountable) Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
    • Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the machine forward and almost knocking Vane right out of his seat. 2007 11, Bill Franklin, Trent the Racing Turtle, Trent The Racing turtle, →ISBN, page 102:
    • You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win. 2007, Bendik Stang, The Book of Games, Book of Games, →ISBN, page 256:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nitros Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nitro sugar · nitroquinoxaline · halonitroalkane · hexanitro · nitraniline · tetranitro · trinitro · hydronitroxide · mononitro · dinitro- · dinitro · nitrobenzaldehyde · nitroalkene · nitroquinoline · desnitro · dinitronaphthalene · nitrodiamantane · nitro musk · nitroolefin

Translations (5)

fi nitriitti (NO2) · nl nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin as medication) · pl nitrogliceryna (nitroglycerin as medication) · nl nitro (NO2) · fi nitro (nitroglycerin as medication)