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Definition of: nitrile
(nī′tril, -trēl, -trīl) noun Chem.
Any of a group of cyanogen compounds, yielding ammonia upon saponification, and corresponding to the formula RCN, in which R is an organic radical. Also ni′tril (-tril).
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