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nitrate
[ noun nahy-treyt, -trit; verb nahy-treyt ]
noun
- Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
- Informal. nitrate film.
verb (used with object)
- to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.
- to convert into a nitrate.
nitrate
/ ˈnaɪtreɪt /
noun
- any salt or ester of nitric acid, such as sodium nitrate, NaNO 3
- a fertilizer consisting of or containing nitrate salts
verb
- tr to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate
- to convert or be converted into a nitrate
- to undergo or cause to undergo the chemical process in which a nitro group is introduced into a molecule
nitrate
/ nī′trāt′ /
- A salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the group NO 3 . Nitrates dissolve extremely easily in water and are an important component of the nitrogen cycle.
- Compare nitrite
Derived Forms
- niˈtration, noun
Other Words From
- ni·tra·tion noun
Example Sentences
Nontraditional flavors ammonium nitrate, C-4, and gelignite did not test well.
Ammonium nitrate is extremely common, and pretty dangerous, and also extremely useful.
Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
The beneficial effects of nitrate of soda appear to be almost entirely confined to the grasses and cereals.
The alkaline solution reduced Fehling solution and ammoniacal silver nitrate, indicating the presence of a sugar.
Fehling solution and ammoniacal silver nitrate were reduced by it.
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