NITROUS ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrous acid mean? 

• NITROUS ACID (noun)
  The noun NITROUS ACID has 1 sense:

1. an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts

  Familiarity information: NITROUS ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITROUS ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitrous acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

Derivation:

nitrify (treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound)

nitrify (convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria)

 Context examples 

A class of dietary nitroso-compounds that are salts of nitrous acid (HNO2).

(Dietary Nitrite, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)