Isocyanate Definition
īsō-sīə-nāt, -nət
noun
A chemical group, NCO.
American Heritage Medicine
A salt, ester, or anion of isocyanic acid.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various compounds containing the group N:C:O, used in making resins and adhesives.
Webster's New World
(chemistry) The univalent radical -N=C=O (tautomeric with cyanate), and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives R-N=C=O.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Isocyanate
Noun
Singular:
isocyanate
Plural:
isocyanatesOrigin of Isocyanate
isocyan(ic acid) –ate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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