Nido may refer to: *

Nido (brand) Nido is a milk substitute powder and milk powder brand manufactured by Nestlé. It was introduced in 1944 in Switzerland. The range claims to offer "nutrition solutions for each stage of childhood". Overview The different varieties include ins ...

, a brand of powdered milks

People with the name

Alberto A. Nido Brigadier General Alberto A. Nido (1 March 1919 – 27 October 1991) is a former United States Air Force officer who during World War II served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the British Royal Air Force and in the United States Army Air Forces ...

(1919–1991), American Air Force officer *

Miguel Nido Miguel Nido (born March 8, 1963 in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Juan Rios, the pair was defeated in the first round ...

(born 1963), Puerto Rican tennis player *

Tomás Nido Tomás E. Nido Vicéns (born April 12, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Early life Nido was born to two sport lineages that have represent ...

(born 1994), Puerto Rican baseball player *

Nido Pavitra Nido Pavitra is a Congress Party MLA and Parliamentary Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department of Arunachal Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of cou ...

, Indian politician *

Nido Qubein Nido Qubein is a Lebanese American businessman and motivational speaker. He has been president of High Point University since 2005. He received his Associate's degree in business from Mount Olive College, his bachelor degree in human relations fr ...

(born 1948), American Lebanese-Jordanian businessman and motivational speaker * Nido Taniam (1990s–2014), Indian student and murder victim

Chemistry

* Nido cluster, a type of deltahedral

atom cluster In chemistry, an atom cluster (or simply cluster) is an ensemble of bound atoms or molecules that is intermediate in size between a simple molecule and a nanoparticle; that is, up to a few nanometers (nm) in diameter. The term ''microcluster'' ...

where one vertex is missing. The descriptor ''nido''- is typically applied

boranes Boranes is the name given to compounds with the formula BxHy and related anions. Many such boranes are known. Most common are those with 1 to 12 boron atoms. Although they have few practical applications, the boranes exhibit structures and bond ...

, derivatives such as

carborane Carboranes are electron-delocalized (non-classically bonded) clusters composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms.Grimes, R. N., ''Carboranes 3rd Ed.'', Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York (2016), . Like many of the related boron hydrides, these c ...

s, and deltahedral

metal cluster compound Metal cluster compounds are a molecular ion or neutral compound composed of three or more metals and featuring significant metal-metal interactions. Transition metal carbonyl clusters The development of metal carbonyl clusters such as Ni(CO)4 a ...

s such as stannides,

plumbide A plumbide can refer to one of two things: an intermetallic compound that contains lead, or a Zintl phase compound with lead as the anion. Zintl phase Plumbides can be formed when lead forms a Zintl phase compound with a more metallic element. O ...

s and

bismuth polycations Bismuth polycations are polyatomic ions of the formula . They were originally observed in solutions of bismuth metal in molten bismuth chloride. It has since been found that these clusters are present in the solid state, particularly in salts where ...

. The term is usually used in the context of

polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory In chemistry the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory (PSEPT) provides electron counting rules useful for predicting the structures of clusters such as borane and carborane clusters. The electron counting rules were originally formulated by ...

systematic nomenclature A chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds. The nomenclature used most frequently worldwide is the one created and developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The ...

inorganic chemistry Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disci ...

. From the Latin for

nest A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of organic materia ...

, see :Wiktionary:nido-.

People with the name

Chemistry

See also