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Nitrate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Nitrate : (noun)
1: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or
ester of nitric acid)
(verb)
1: treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound
into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating
glycerol"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Nitrate : \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
A salt of nitric acid.
Nitrate_of_silver,_a_white_crystalline_salt_({AgNO3">Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3), used
in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
lunar caustic.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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