NITRO GROUP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The group -NO3

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitro group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Holonyms ("nitro group" is a substance of...):

nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))

Credits