hydrocyanic

[ hahy-droh-sahy-an-ik ]

adjective

1. of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrocyanic¹

First recorded in 1810–20; hydro- ² + cyanic

Example Sentences

To illustrate the nonintuitive nature of the quantum world, Schrödinger offered a famous thought experiment in which a hypothetical cat was placed in a box with one atom of a radioactive substance attached to a vial of hydrocyanic acid.

From Literature

It said no deaths from mechanical injuries were visible and all symptoms were characteristic of a chemical weapons attack, particularly choking agents and organophosphorus agents or hydrocyanic acid.

From Reuters

Then in California the time-honored method of placing canvas tents over trees and fumigating them with hydrocyanic acid began to yield disappointing results in certain areas, a problem that led to research at the California Citrus Experiment Station, beginning about 1915 and continuing for a quarter of a century.

From Literature

“Phosgene, chloropicrin, ethyl iodoacetate, diphenylcyanar- sine, trichlormethyl, chloroformate, dichlorethyl sulphide. Not to mention hydrocyanic acid.”

From Literature

It is better then to trust to small doses of hydrocyanic or carbolic acid, aromatic spirit of ammonia, or bismuth.

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