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ethyl nitrite

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a colorless or yellowish, very volatile, highly aromatic, flammable liquid, C 2 H 2 NO 2 , used chiefly in the preparation of organic substances.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ethyl nitrite1

First recorded in 1865–70

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