NITRATION

Etymology

Noun

nitration (countable and uncountable, plural nitrations)

(chemistry) The reaction of something with nitric acid; especially such a reaction, in the presence of sulphuric acid, to introduce a nitro functional group into a compound.

Anagrams

• Tritonian, trination

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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