Nitro may refer to:

Chemistry

Nitrogen Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a Nonmetal (chemistry), nonmetal and the lightest member of pnictogen, group 15 of the periodic table, often called the Pnictogen, pnictogens. ...

, a chemical element and a gas except at very low temperatures, with which many compounds are formed: **

Nitro compound In organic chemistry, nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups (). The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores (functional group that makes a compound explosive) used globally. The nit ...

, an organic compound containing one or more nitro functional groups, -NO₂ ** Nitro ligand in coordination chemistry **

Nitroalkene A nitroalkene, or nitro olefin, is a functional group combining the functionality of its constituent parts, an alkene and nitro group, while displaying its own chemical properties through polar effect, alkene activation, making the functional group ...

, a functional group combining the functionality of an alkene and nitro group **

Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and ...

, or cellulose nitrate, an extremely flammable chemical compound **

Nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin (NG) (alternative spelling nitroglycerine), also known as trinitroglycerol (TNG), nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a dense, colorless or pale yellow, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by ...

, or glyceryl trinitrate, an explosive chemical compound **

Nitromethane Nitromethane, sometimes shortened to simply "nitro", is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest organic nitro compound. It is a polar liquid commonly used as a solvent in a variety of industrial applications such as in ...

, a simple organic nitro compound with the formula ***

Nitro fuel Nitromethane, sometimes shortened to simply "nitro", is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest organic nitro compound. It is a polar liquid commonly used as a solvent in a variety of industrial applications such as in ...

, a fuel containing nitromethane and methanol **** Nitro engine, an engine powered with nitro fuel used in some radio-controlled model cars, aircraft etc.

People

Danny Lee Clark Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark (born May 21, 1964) is a former American football professional athlete, television personality, author, actor, and producer. He is best known for his role as gladiator Nitro on the TV show '' American Gladiators''. He is ...

(born 1964), known as "Nitro" on the original ''American Gladiators'' television show *

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey (born 29 August 1988) is an English former Commonwealth sprinter and television personality, known for appearing as "Nitro" in the BBC sports endurance competition series '' Gladiators''. He has also taken part in ...

(born 1988), known as "Nitro" on the UK ''Gladiators'' television show *

John Morrison (wrestler) John Randall Hennigan (born October 3, 1979), better known by his ring name John Morrison, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name ...

(born 1979), professional wrestler formerly known as Johnny Nitro *

Nitro (rapper) Nicola Albera (born 11 February 1993), known professionally as Nitro, is an Italian rapper. Biography Early years (2007–2012) Nitro approached hip hop culture thanks to freestyle in Italy. He started playing in the collective Gioventù Br ...

(born 1993), Italian rapper *

Nitro (wrestler) Nitro is a Mexican professional wrestling, wrestler active as a ''heel (professional wrestling), rudo'' in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He is in a stable called ''Los Guerreros Tuareg''. Nitro's real name is not a matter of public record, as i ...

(born 1966), Mexican professional wrestler

Places

* Giant, Richmond, California, formerly named Nitro *

Nitro, West Virginia Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It takes its name from a World War I era nitrocellulose plant. The population was 6,618 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan ...

, United States

Arts and entertainment

* Nitro (Imagicaa), a roller coaster at the Imagicaa theme park in Khopoli, India * ''Nitro'' (film), a Canadian action film released in 2007 *

Nitro (Six Flags Great Adventure) Nitro is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the Hyper Coaster model opened to the public on April 7, 2001. Since its debut, Nitro has consistently ra ...

, a mega roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States

Fictional characters

Nitro (comics) Nitro (Robert Hunter) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in 1974. Nitro is known for playing a part in the death of the Kree superhero Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Mar-Vell. He is also ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Nitro Norimaki, a character from the ''Dr. Slump'' franchise *Nitro, a character in the children's show ''

The Shak ''The Shak'' was an Australian children's television program broadcast on the Nine Network. Its four hosts, Curio (Drew Jarvis), Nitro (Beau Walker), Picasso (Kendal Nagorcka) and Eco (Jacqueline Duncan) answered viewer questions, queries, dare ...

'' played by Beau Walker

Music

Nitro (band) Nitro was an American glam metal band from Hollywood, California. Formed in 1988, the group originally featured vocalist Jim Gillette, guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, bassist T. J. Racer and drummer Bobby Rock. Nitro released its debut al ...

, a 1980s metal band *"Nitro (Youth Energy)", a song by The Offspring from the album '' Smash'' *

Nitro Records Nitro Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1994 and operated by The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Greg K. Nitro is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notab ...

, an independent punk music record label

Radio

WMMS-HD2 WMMS-HD2 (100.7-2 FM broadcasting, FM) is a digital subchannel of WMMS, a commercial Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, and features a classic hip-hop format as "Throwback 99.1" Owned by iHeartMedia, WMMS- ...

, an HD Radio digital subchannel (100.7-2 FM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, formerly branded Nitro

Television

Nitro (German TV channel) NITRO is a German free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland. It was launched on 1 April 2012 as ''RTL Nitro''. It was renamed ''Nitro'' on 30 July 2017. Conception NITRO's slogan is „Fernsehen für Helden“ (television for h ...

, a German commercial television channel *

Nitro (Spanish TV channel) Nitro was a Spanish television channel owned by Atresmedia. Its programming was aimed towards a male audience. History The channel ceased broadcasting on 5 May 2014, as a consequence of a sdecision by the Supreme Court of Spain that annulled ...

, a former Spanish commercial television channel owned by Atresmedia *"Nitro", an episode of ''Mission: Impossible'' *''Nitro!'', a game show hosted by Greg Lee *''

WCW Monday Nitro ''WCW Monday Nitro'', also known as ''WCW Nitro'' or simply ''Nitro'', is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast weekly every Monday night on TNT (American TV ...

'', a professional wrestling television program

Theatre

* Nitrobeat, a British theatre company, founded in 1979 as the Black Theatre Co-operative, renamed Nitro in 1999

Videogaming

*'' Need for Speed: Nitro'', a 2009 racing game *'' Nicktoons Nitro'', a 2009 racing game for the Arcade *

Nintendo DS The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki ...

, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro" * ''Nitro'' (video game), a 1990 computer game

Computing and technology

* Nitro (wireless networking), an 802.11g performance enhancement technology * Nitro cyberattacks *Nitro, a marketing name given by Apple to JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine of

WebKit WebKit is a browser engine primarily used in Apple's Safari web browser, as well as all web browsers on iOS and iPadOS. WebKit is also used by the PlayStation consoles starting with the PS3, the Tizen mobile operating systems, the Amazon K ...

Nitro PDF Nitro Pro is a Portable Document Format (PDF) editing application and electronic signature software. History Nitro Software was founded in Melbourne, Australia, by a team of three. The company developed PDF software as an alternative to Adobe ...

, a commercial software application *Nitro, a paid membership on

Discord Discord is an instant messaging and Voice over IP, VoIP social platform which allows communication through Voice over IP, voice calls, Videotelephony, video calls, text messaging, and digital media, media. Communication can be private or take ...

*Nitro, an open source framework for building web servers, created for the Nuxt framework.

Medicine

Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology) Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), is a vasodilator used for heart failure, high blood pressure, anal fissures, painful periods, and to treat and prevent chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart (angina) ...

, a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris *

Medical use of nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), is a vasodilator used for heart failure, high blood pressure, anal fissures, painful periods, and to treat and prevent chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart (angina) ...

, prescribed for some heart conditions *

Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or factitious air, among others, is a chemical compound, an Nitrogen oxide, oxide of nitrogen with the Chemical formula, formula . At room te ...

, "laughing gas", used in some dental procedures as an anaesthetic

Vehicles and transportation

* Dodge Nitro, a compact SUV * USS ''Nitro'', a ship *Nitro, a Spanish competition paraglider design by Windtech Parapentes

Other

* Nitro cold brew coffee *

Nitro Express The Nitro Express (NE) series of cartridges are used in large-bore hunting rifles, also known as elephant guns or express rifles, but later came to include smaller bore high velocity (for the time) British cartridges. Name The term "Express" was ...

, a series of cartridges used in large-bore hunting rifles *Nitro, a flavor of

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