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noun
Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: compound, chemical compound
Narrower terms: calcium nitrate, cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton, sodium nitrate, soda niter, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter, nitre, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, ammonium nitrate, silver nitrate, uranyl nitrate
verb
treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: process, treat
History
Borrowed from French nitrate.
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
