Nitrous

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

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• In the words of Dalton, oxygen may combine with a certain portion of nitrous gas [as he called nitric oxide], or with twice that po rtion, but with no intermediate portion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Nitrous oxide gas is chiefly used for the extraction of teeth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Ether as a chemical product has been known for several centuries, and as early as 1818 Faraday pointed out the similarity between the effects of ether and nitrous oxide gas. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He experimented with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for ten months until he had thoroughly learned its intoxicating effects. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Those more generally employed are--naming them in the order of their first application--nitrous oxide gas, ether, and chloroform. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• After he had been in the box an hour and a q uarter, he respired twenty quarts of pure nitrous oxide. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Chloroform, nitrous oxide gas, and ether had been placed at the service of the physician in saving life, and the revolver, guncotton, and nitroglycerine added to the agencies for slaughter. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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