hcn

/EY1 CH S IY1 EH1 N/
noun
  1. 1

    (chemistry) Initialism of hydrogen cyanide. [(inorganic chemistry) A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form nitriles.]

  2. 2

    (numbers) Initialism of highly composite number. [(number theory) A positive integer that has more divisors than any smaller positive integer.]