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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ISOCYANIC

I `so *cy *an "ic, a. Etym: [Iso- + cyanic. ] (Chem. )

Defn: Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid. Isocyanic acid, an acid metameric with cyanic acid, and resembling it in its salts. It is obtained as a colorless, mobile, unstable liquid by the heating cyanuric acid. Called technically carbimide.

New American Oxford Dictionary

isocyanic acid

isocyanic acid |ˌʌɪsə (ʊ )sʌɪˈanɪk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a volatile pungent liquid, isomeric with cyanic acid. ●Chem. formula: HNCO. See also fulminic acid .

Oxford Dictionary

isocyanic acid

isocyanic acid |ˌʌɪsə (ʊ )sʌɪˈanɪk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a volatile pungent liquid, isomeric with cyanic acid. ●Chem. formula: HNCO. See also fulminic acid .