Cyano- Definition

sīənō, sīənə; sīanō, sīanə
prefix
Blue.
Cyanotype.
American Heritage
Cyanogen.
Cyanic.
American Heritage
Cyanide.
Cyanogenesis.
American Heritage
affix
Dark-blue.
Webster's New World
Of or containing the cyanogen group.
Webster's New World
noun

(chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles.

Wiktionary

Origin of Cyano-

  • ModL < Gr kyanos, the color blue < or akin to Hittite kuwanna(n)-, copper (blue)

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Greek kuano- from kuanos dark blue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuaneos, “dark blue”).

    From Wiktionary

Cyano- Sentence Examples

  • The cyano substituent also reduces the barrier height 3-2 ' from 5.3 to 0.3 kcal mol -1.

  • Among gallinaceous birds besides the red-legged partridge, which is met with everywhere on the steppes, there are found also the Pterocles alchita and P. arenarius; and among the birds of other orders are the southern shrike (Lanius meridianalis), the Spanish sparrow (Passer cyaneus), and, the blue magpie (Cyano pica cooki).

  • The last is highly remarkable on account of its distribution, it being confined to Spain while the species most closely allied to it (Cyano p-ice cyanea) belongs to the east of Asia.

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Words Starting With

CCYCYA

Words Ending With

ONOANO

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Words Starting With C and Ending With -

Starts With C & Ends With OStarts With CY & Ends With OStarts With C & Ends With NO

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With O