English Explanatory Dictionary

hydrazine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel.
  2. Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH₂-NH₂ by replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪdɹəˌziːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hydrazine.wav

Word forms

hydrazine hydrazines

Etymology

Etymology tree German Hydrazinbor. English hydrazine Borrowed from German Hydrazin, coined by Emile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name for diimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. By surface analysis, hydr- + azo (“nitrogen”) + -ine.

Synonyms

diamidogen

Derived words

arylhydrazine benzoylhydrazine dimethylhydrazine hydrazination hydrazinium hydrazinolysis isonicotinoylhydrazine methylhydrazine monomethylhydrazine nonhydrazine phenelzine phenylhydrazine picrylhydrazine zinoconazole

Translations

Catalan: hidrazina Chinese Cantonese: 聯氨 /联氨 Chinese Mandarin: 聯氨 /联氨 Czech: hydrazin Finnish: hydratsiini French: hydrazine Hungarian: hidrazin Japanese: ヒドラジン Kazakh: гидразин Korean: 하이드라진 Māori: haitarahini Māori: hauwaiota Portuguese: hidrazina Russian: гидрази́н Spanish: hidracina
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