CYANAMIDE

cyanamide, calcium-cyanamide

(noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds

cyanamide, cyanamid

(noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cyanamide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanamides)

(chemistry) A chemical compound, NH2CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer

(organic compound) Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group

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CURE

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