Meaning Of The Word Hydrogen cyanide

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What's The Definition Of Hydrogen cyanide?

hydrogen cyanide in American English
noun: a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid

hydrogen cyanide in British English
noun: a colourless poisonous liquid with a faint odour of bitter almonds, usually made by a catalysed reaction between ammonia, oxygen, and methane. It forms prussic acid in aqueous solution and is used for making plastics and dyes and as a war gas. Formula: HC

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