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Nitro may refer to:
Chemicals
- Nitroglycerin, an extremely explosive chemical compound
- Nitrous oxide, "laughing gas", used in some dental procedures as an anaesthetic; also used in high-performance internal-combustion engines as an oxidizing additive
- Nitromethane, the simplest organic nitro compound; also used to fuel high-performance internal-combustion engines
- Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology), a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris
- Nitrogen, the elemental form of nitrogen, a gas.
- Nitrocellulose, an extremely flammable chemical compound
- Nitro compound, an organic compound that contains one or more nitro functional groups, -NO2
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 television program
- John Hennigan, a professional wrestler known as Johnny Nitro/John Morrison
- Danny Lee Clark, known as "Nitro" on the original American Gladiators television show and coordinating producer of the 2008 revival.
- Nitro (computer game), a 1990 computer game
- Nitro! (DOS game), a computer game created by PLBM Games for MS-DOS systems
- Nintendo DS, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro"
- Nitro Snowboards, a snowboard manufacturer
- Nitro (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Nitro, a character played by Beau Walker, from the children's show The Shak
- Nitro (film), a Canadian action film released in 2007.
Other
- Dodge Nitro
- 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
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