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Definition of: hyponitrous
(hī′pə·nī′trəs) adjective Chem.
Designating an unstable white crystalline nitrogenous acid, (HNO)2, formed by the union of hydroxylamine and nitrous acid, and in other ways. Its salts are known as hy′po·ni′trites (-trīts).
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