How do you use Tabun in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Tabun meaning
An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P.
Synonyms of Tabun
Using Tabun
- The main meaning on this page is: An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P.
- Useful related words include: ga, organophosphate nerve agent.
- In the example corpus, tabun often appears in combinations such as: tabun was, of tabun, that tabun.
Context around Tabun
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tabun
- In this selection, "tabun" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, experiments, stored, sarin, killed, bombs and spilled stand out and add context to how "tabun" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are sarin tabun and the and assume that tabun too is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tabun" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tabun
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The first nerve agent ever synthesised was GA ( tabun ) in 1936. (11 words)
It was found to be more than ten times as potent as tabun. (13 words)
The most common forms of nerve agent are sarin, tabun and the most potent, VX. (15 words)
In experiments, tabun was extremely potent against insects: as little as 5 ppm of tabun killed all the leaf lice he used in his initial experiment. (26 words)
Ambros then warned Hitler that if Germany used tabun, it must face the possibility that the Allies could produce this gas in much larger quantities. (25 words)
In January 1937, Schrader observed the effects of nerve agents on human beings first-hand when a drop of tabun spilled onto a lab bench. (25 words)
Example sentences (11)
In experiments, tabun was extremely potent against insects: as little as 5 ppm of tabun killed all the leaf lice he used in his initial experiment.
Another FoI request submitted by campaigners, asking for details of Glyn Rhonwy’s stored Tabun bombs, hit a brick wall.
The most common forms of nerve agent are sarin, tabun and the most potent, VX.
Ambros then warned Hitler that if Germany used tabun, it must face the possibility that the Allies could produce this gas in much larger quantities.
I know that tabun was publicized as early as 1902, that Sarin was patented and that these substances appeared in patents.
In January 1937, Schrader observed the effects of nerve agents on human beings first-hand when a drop of tabun spilled onto a lab bench.
It was found to be more than ten times as potent as tabun.
Many of tabun's chemical precursors were so corrosive that reaction chambers not lined with quartz or silver soon became useless.
The first nerve agent ever synthesised was GA ( tabun ) in 1936.
The Red Army captured a factory producing tabun at Dyhernfurth in early 1945, then dismantled the entire site and took it back to Russia.
To Hitler's disappointment Ambros replied, "I have justified reasons to assume that tabun, too, is known abroad.
Common combinations with tabun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tabun was 2×
- of tabun 2×
- that tabun 2×