Meaning of nitrile | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
   countable, uncountable
2. A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Sitting in a box under my bed are the nitrile gloves that I bought to practise with my forensic kit.”

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