Nitro may refer to:

Chemistry

  • Nitrogen, a chemical element and a gas except at very low temperatures, with which many compounds are formed:
  • Nitro compound, an organic compound containing one or more nitro functional groups, -NO<sub>2</sub>
  • Nitro ligand in coordination chemistry
  • Nitroalkene, a functional group combining the functionality of an alkene and nitro group
  • Nitrocellulose, or cellulose nitrate, an extremely flammable chemical compound
  • Nitroglycerin, or glyceryl trinitrate, an explosive chemical compound
  • Nitromethane, a simple organic nitro compound with the formula
  • Nitro fuel, 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 (born 1964), known as "Nitro" on the original American Gladiators television show
  • Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (born 1988), known as "Nitro" on the UK Gladiators television show
  • John Morrison (wrestler) (born 1979), professional wrestler formerly known as Johnny Nitro
  • Nitro (rapper) (born 1993), Italian rapper
  • Nitro (wrestler) (born 1966), Mexican professional wrestler

Places

  • Giant, Richmond, California, formerly named Nitro
  • Nitro, West Virginia, 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), a mega roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States

Fictional characters

  • Nitro (character), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Nitro Norimaki, a character from the Dr. Slump franchise
  • Nitro, a character in the children's show The Shak played by Beau Walker

Music

  • Nitro (band), a 1980s metal band
  • "Nitro (Youth Energy)", a song by The Offspring from the album Smash
  • Nitro Records, an independent punk music record label

Television

  • "Nitro", an episode of Mission: Impossible
  • Nitro!, a game show hosted by Greg Lee
  • WCW Monday Nitro, 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, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro"
  • Nitro (video game), a 1990 computer game

Media

  • Nitro (German TV channel), a German commercial television channel
  • Nitro (Spanish TV channel), a former Spanish commercial television channel owned by Atresmedia
  • WMMS-HD2, an HD Radio digital subchannel (100.7-2&nbsp;FM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, formerly branded Nitro

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
  • Nitro PDF, a commercial software application
  • Nitro, a paid membership on Discord
  • Nitro, an open source framework for building web servers, created for the Nuxt framework.

Medicine

  • Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology), a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris
  • Medical use of nitroglycerin, prescribed for some heart conditions
  • Nitrous oxide, "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
  • Nitrous oxide engine, an automotive modification

Other

  • Nitro cold brew coffee
  • Nitro Express, a series of cartridges used in large-bore hunting rifles
  • Nitro, a flavor of Takis

See also

  • Nitre
  • Nitra