NITRATED

Verb

nitrated

simple past tense and past participle of nitrate

Adjective

nitrated (not comparable)

Reacted, or treated with, nitric acid or a nitrate.

(of photographic material) Treated with silver nitrate.

Anagrams

• Andretti

Source: Wiktionary


Ni"tra*ted, a.

1. (Chem.)

Definition: Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.

2. (Photog.)

Definition: Prepared with nitrate of silver.

NITRATE

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



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