Nitro
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Nitro may refer to:
[edit] Chemicals
- Nitroglycerin, an extremely explosive chemical compound
- Nitrous, a type of fuel additive for race cars
- Nitromethane, another type of fuel additive for race cars
- Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology), a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris
- Nitrogen, especially when used in draught beer
- Nitrocellulose, an extremely explosive chemical compound
- Nitro compound, an extremely explosive organic compound that contains one or more nitro functional groups
[edit] Entertainment
- Nitro Records, an independent punk music record label
- Nitro (band), an 80s metal band
- Nitro (roller coaster), a mega roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure
- WCW Monday Nitro, a professional wrestling event
- John Hennigan, a professional wrestler known as Johnny Nitro
- Danny Lee Clark, known as "Nitro" on the American Gladiators television show
- Nitro (computer game), a 1990 computer game
- Nintendo DS, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro"
- Nitro Snowboards, a snowboard manufacturer
- Nitro (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
[edit] Other
- Nitro, West Virginia, United States
- Nitro (wireless networking), Conexant's proprietary enhancements to IEEE 802.11g wireless LAN performance
- Nitro (web framework), a web development library for the Ruby language
- Dodge Nitro