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SOMAN

"SOMAN" is a common misspelling or typo for: roman, sampan, seaman, semen, simian, soma, some, woman.


Specialty Definition: SOMAN

DomainDefinition

Chemistry

A deadly nerve agent. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

An organophosphorus compound that inhibits cholinesterase. It causes seizures and has been used as a chemical warfare agent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Soman

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Soman (O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is a fluorinated organophosphate and was one of the first nerve agents to be discovered. It is also known as GD and is one of the G-series nerve agents.

Soman is also described as 1,2,2-Trimethylpropyl methylphosphonofluoridate; 1,2,2,-Trimethylpropoxyfluoromethylphosphine oxide; Methylpinacolyloxyfluorophosphine oxide; Pinacolyloxymethylphosphonyl fluoride; Pinacolyl methanefluorophosphonate; Methylfluoropinacolylphosphonate; Fluoromethylpinacolyloxyphosphine Oxide; Methylpinacolyloxyphosphonyl fluoride; Pinacolyl methylfluorophosphonate. Its empirical formula is CH3P(O)(F)OCH(CH3)C(CH3)3 or C7H16FOP

Soman was discovered by Richard Kuhn in Germany in 1944, and represented the last wartime discovery (GF was not found until 1949.) Soman was given the identifier GD post-war (GC was already in medical use) when the information relating to Soman was recovered by the Soviet Union from its hiding place in a mine. It is a volative, corrosive and colourless liquid with a faint odour when pure, more commonly it is a yellow to brown color and has a stronger odour described as camphor. The LCt50 for Soman is 70 mg-min/m³ in humans. It is both more lethal and more persistent that Sarin or Tabun.

GD can be thickened for use as a chemical spray using an acryloid copolymer.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Soman."

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Image Slideshow: SOMAN

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Name Usage Frequency: SOMAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "SOMAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SomanLast name13060,130
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SOMAN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

milind soman

25

gd soman

21

soman

7

miland soman

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SOMAN

Language Translations for "SOMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

Soman. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omansay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SOMAN

Derivations

Words containing "SOMAN": dipsomania, dipsomaniac, dipsomaniacal, dipsomaniacs, dipsomanias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: SOMAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: manos, mason, moans, monas, nomas.

Words within the letters "a-m-n-o-s"

-1 letter: mano, mans, moan, moas, mons, naos, noma, noms, soma.

-2 letters: man, mas, moa, mon, mos, nam, nom, nos, oms, ons, som, son.

-3 letters: am, an, as, ma, mo, na, no, om, on, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: amnios, damson, hansom, macons, mangos, manors, mascon, masons, monads, nomads, ramson, ransom, romans, salmon, socman, tomans, womans.

 

+2 letters: almonds, amazons, ambones, amnions, amongst, amounts, anomies, anonyms, anosmia, anosmic, bemoans, camions, daemons, daimons, damsons, dolmans, domains, dynamos, enamors, fandoms, fantoms, gammons, hansoms, macrons, malison, mammons, mangoes, maniocs, manitos, mannose, mansion, maroons, marrons, mascons, masoned, masonic, masonry, matrons, moaners, monades, morgans, normals, oarsman, oarsmen, onanism, osmunda, outmans, plasmon, postman, psammon, ramsons, randoms, ransoms, rodsman, romanos, salmons, shopman, showman, snowman, sockman, sokeman, solanum, tampons, transom, zymosan.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Names: Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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