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noun
A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH2-NH2, used as a rocket fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH2-NH2 by replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reducing agent, reducer, reductant
History
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.
Across languages
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