Nitrate

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  • noun. The univalent anionic group NO3, derived from nitric acid, or a compound containing this group.
  • noun. Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
  • transitive verb. To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Important experiments have been made on an industrial scale for the production economically of nitrates from atmospheric air by high-tension electrical discharges through moist air in the presence of basic materials.
  • noun. A salt of nitric acid.
  • To treat or prepare with nitric acid: as, nitrated guncotton.
  • To convert (a base) into a salt by combination with nitric acid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A salt of nitric acid.
  • noun. a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called silver nitrate.
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  • noun. Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
  • verb. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
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  • verb. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
  • noun. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
    • Word Usage
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    acetate  ammonia  bicarbonate  bromide  chloride  
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    acetify  acidify  acidulate  alkalify  alkalize  
    verb-form
    nitrated  nitrates  nitrating  
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