Nido may refer to: * Nido (brand), 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 (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. His son, Nido Taniam Nido Tania (c. 1994 – 29 January 2014) was a 20-year old student from Arunach ...

, Indian politician * Nido Qubein (born 1948), American Lebanese-Jordanian businessman and motivational speaker *

Nido Taniam Nido Tania (c. 1994 – 29 January 2014) was a 20-year old student from Arunachal Pradesh who was murdered in the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi, triggering widespread protests. Tania was the son of Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislator Nido Pa ...

(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, 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 cl ...

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

stannide A stannide can refer to an intermetallic compound containing tin combined with one or more other metals; an anion consisting solely of tin atoms or a compound containing such an anion, or, in the field of organometallic chemistry an ionic compound ...

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. The term is usually used in the context of polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory or systematic nomenclature in

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, see :Wiktionary:nido-.

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Chemistry

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