cyano group

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   the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound

   Synonymscyano radicalcyanide groupcyanide radical

   Broadergroup

Questions about cyano group

What does cyano group mean?

cyano group means "the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound".

What is another word for cyano group?

Close synonyms include cyano radical, cyanide group, cyanide radical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyano group a common word?

cyano group is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.