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Nitration - 2 dictionary results

ni⋅trate

   [n. nahy-treyt, -trit; v. nahy-treyt]
noun, verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing.
–noun
1. Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO2 or NO3.
2. fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
3. cellulose nitrate, a substance used as a film base in the early days of filmmaking.
4. Informal. nitrate film.
–verb (used with object)
5. to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.
6. to convert into a nitrate.
Origin:
1785–95; nitr- + -ate 2
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ni·trate     (nī'trāt', -trĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The univalent radical NO3 or a compound containing it, as a salt or an ester of nitric acid.
  2. Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
tr.v.   ni·trat·ed, ni·trat·ing, ni·trates
To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
ni·tra'tion n., ni'tra'tor n.
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