nitrate
(noun) any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nitrate (plural nitrates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)
To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
• intreat, iterant, natrite, nattier, tainter, tartine, tertian
Source: Wiktionary
Ni"trate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 March 2025
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