cyanic

[ sahy-an-ik ]

/ saɪˈæn ɪk /

blue: applied especially to a series of colors in flowers, including the blues and colors tending toward blue.

Chemistry. containing or pertaining to the cyano group.

Words nearby cyanic

First recorded in 1825–35; cyan-¹ + -ic

The type of the cyanic series is blue, and that of the xanthic series yellow.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
Two equivalents of Cyanic acid, uniting in one compound, produce Fulminic acid.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland
By distillation this new substance is reconverted into cyanic acid.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Cyanogen chloride, CNCl, may be regarded as the chloride of cyanic acid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various