Meanings
plural hydrazines
- countablechemistryAny member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH₂-NH₂ by replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.
From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).
2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- GermanHydrazin
- Englishhydrazine
Borrowed from German Hydrazin, coined by Emile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name for diimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. By surface analysis, hydr- + azo (“nitrogen”) + -ine.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hidrazina
- hidrazinaNH2-NH2
Chinese Cantonese 肼, 聯氨 /联氨
- 肼 (zeng²)derivative
- 聯氨 /联氨 (lyun⁴ on¹)NH2-NH2
Chinese Mandarin 肼, 聯氨 /联氨
- 肼 (jǐng)derivative
- 聯氨 /联氨 (lián'ān)NH2-NH2
Czech hydrazin
- hydrazinNH2-NH2
Finnish hydratsiini, hydratsiini
- hydratsiiniderivative
- hydratsiiniNH2-NH2
French hydrazine
- hydrazineNH2-NH2
Hungarian hidrazin
- hidrazinNH2-NH2
Irish hiodraisín
- hiodraisínderivative
Japanese ヒドラジン, ヒドラジン
- ヒドラジン (hidorajin)derivative
- ヒドラジン (hidorajin)NH2-NH2
Korean 하이드라진, 하이드라진
- 하이드라진 (haideurajin)derivative
- 하이드라진 (haideurajin)NH2-NH2
Māori haitarahini, hauwaiota
- haitarahiniNH2-NH2
- hauwaiotaNH2-NH2
Portuguese hidrazina
- hidrazinaNH2-NH2
Russian гидрази́н, гидрази́н
- гидрази́н (gidrazín)derivative
- гидрази́н (gidrazín)NH2-NH2
Spanish hidracina
- hidracinaNH2-NH2
Swedish hydrazin, hydrazin
- hydrazinderivative
- hydrazinNH2-NH2
Cite this entry
hydrazine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrazine
“hydrazine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrazine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrazine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrazine.
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