nitration

 [n. nahy-treyt, -trit; v. nahy-treyt]  

ni·trate

   [n. nahy-treyt, -trit; v. nahy-treyt] noun, verb, ni·trat·ed, ni·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.

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Origin:
1785–95; nitr- + -ate2

Related forms
ni·tra·tion, noun
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nitrate (ˈnaɪtreɪt)
 
—n
1.  any salt or ester of nitric acid, such as sodium nitrate, NaNO3
2.  a fertilizer consisting of or containing nitrate salts
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate
4.  to convert or be converted into a nitrate
5.  to undergo or cause to undergo the chemical process in which a nitro group is introduced into a molecule
 
ni'tration
 
—n

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