hydrazine

Definitions of hydrazine
  1. noun
    a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels
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    type of:
    reducer, reducing agent, reductant
    a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
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