Cyanogen

si-an'o-jen, n. {Chem.) A compound radical, being a gas composed of equivalent of nitrogen and 2 of carbon, an e ential ingredient in Pru ian blue. [Gr. kuanos, dark blue, and of gennaein, to beget.]— Cyanic, a. Pert, to, or containing, etc. — Cy'- anate, -nat, n. A salt in which the Cuttle-fish, acid is cyanic acid. — Cy'anide, -nid, n. A bosic compound of cyanogen witli other elements. — Cyanom'eter, n. An instrument for measuring degrees of bluene , as of the sky. [Gr. metron, measure.]