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Noun: cyanic acid  sI'a-nik 'a-sid
  1. A colourless poisonous volatile liquid acid that hydrolyzes readily to ammonia and carbon dioxide
    "Cyanic acid is an unstable compound that quickly decomposes in water"

Derived forms: cyanic acids

Type of: acid

Encyclopedia: Cyanic acid