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Definition of prussic acid in English: prussic acidnounˌprʌsɪk ˈasɪdˌprəsɪk ˈæsəd old-fashioned term for hydrocyanic acid Example sentencesExamples - Presumably, sarin, tabun, phosgene, adamsite, prussic acid and a family of mustard gases, comprising the basis of KPA chemical weapons, are produced here.
- I can tell you that there is prussic acid naturally occurring in bitter almonds.
- When this compound is dissolved in water, an acidic solution of hydrogen cyanide, also known as prussic acid, is produced.
- Selection of plants for cultivation would have been directed at reducing a serious disadvantage of the plant; that it contains two substances, a glucoside and an enzyme, which react together to produce poisonous prussic acid.
- Similarly, the contents of alkaloids, tannins, oxalates, glucosides, dicumarins, prussic acid, nitrates or other substances in several weeds used as fodder and grasslands has also increased.
Derivatives noun ˈprʌsɪeɪt In 1802 he discovered that adding prussiate of mercury [Hg 2] to the waste solvent gave a precipitate that, on heating, yielded a metal quite different from platinum. Example sentencesExamples - The present invention relates to the use of certain prussiates (which are known) for plant nutrition and for the prevention and cure of certain deficiency diseases in plants.
Origin Late 18th century: prussic from French prussique 'relating to Prussian blue'. Definition of prussic acid in US English: prussic acidnounˌprəsɪk ˈæsədˌprəsik ˈasəd old-fashioned term for hydrocyanic acid Example sentencesExamples - Similarly, the contents of alkaloids, tannins, oxalates, glucosides, dicumarins, prussic acid, nitrates or other substances in several weeds used as fodder and grasslands has also increased.
- Presumably, sarin, tabun, phosgene, adamsite, prussic acid and a family of mustard gases, comprising the basis of KPA chemical weapons, are produced here.
- When this compound is dissolved in water, an acidic solution of hydrogen cyanide, also known as prussic acid, is produced.
- Selection of plants for cultivation would have been directed at reducing a serious disadvantage of the plant; that it contains two substances, a glucoside and an enzyme, which react together to produce poisonous prussic acid.
- I can tell you that there is prussic acid naturally occurring in bitter almonds.
Origin Late 18th century: prussic from French prussique ‘relating to Prussian blue’. |