Definition of nitrogen dioxide Nitrogen dioxide

ni•tro•gen di•ox•ide

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What does nitrogen dioxide mean?

Noun
nitrogen dioxide - a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
		dioxide an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

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nitrogen dioxide (Noun)
The binary compound NO2, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide .

nitrogen dioxide
A reddish-brown gas; it exists in varying degrees of concentration in equilibrium with other nitrogen oxides; used to produce nitric acid.