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Webster 1913 Edition

Nitrosyl

Ni-tro′syl

,

Noun.

[

Nitroso-

+

-yl

.]

(Chem.)

The radical

-NO

, called also the

nitroso group

. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds;

as,

nitrosyl

sulphuric acid

. Used also adjectively.