Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The univalent anionic group NO3, derived from nitric acid, or a compound containing this group.
- noun Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
- transitive verb To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat or prepare with nitric acid: as, nitrated guncotton.
- To convert (a base) into a salt by combination with nitric acid.
- noun Important experiments have been made on an industrial scale for the production economically of nitrates from atmospheric air by high-tension electrical discharges through moist air in the presence of basic materials.
- noun A salt of nitric acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid.
- noun a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
lunar caustic , and more commonly calledsilver nitrate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
salt orester ofnitric acid . - verb To treat, or react, with
nitric acid or a nitrate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
- noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
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Examples
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Anyone with a semester in chemistry should realise that sodium nitrate is not metallic sodium. ooooze Says:
Commercializing Solar Power with Molten Salt | Inhabitat 2008
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Bottles of uranium nitrate from the uranium mines in St. Joachimsthal.
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The most common ingredient in Afghan IEDs is ammonium nitrate, which is used to make fertilizer.
Number of U.S. casualties from roadside bombs in Afghanistan skyrocketed from 2009 to 2010 Craig Whitlock 2011
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Investigators said he was carrying a backpack with a quantity of ammonium nitrate, which is widely used in explosives and is available commercially as fertilizer; a spiral notebook containing references to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden; spent 9 mm shell casings; and cans of spray paint.
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Investigators said he was carrying a backpack with a quantity of ammonium nitrate, which is widely used in explosives and is available commercially as fertilizer; a spiral notebook containing references to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden; spent 9 mm shell casings; and cans of spray paint.
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The most common ingredient in Afghan IEDs is ammonium nitrate, which is used to make fertilizer.
Number of U.S. casualties from roadside bombs in Afghanistan skyrocketed from 2009 to 2010 Craig Whitlock 2011
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This protester's son, who has picketed the clinic since he was a small child (he is now in his early twenties), has made a point of mentioning ammonium nitrate, which is used in making bombs, to us while protesting on several occasions.
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This protester's son, who has picketed the clinic since he was a small child (he is now in his early twenties), has made a point of mentioning ammonium nitrate, which is used in making bombs, to us while protesting on several occasions.
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TOWNSEND: Well, we know, one, it was three tons of ammonium nitrate, which is the reason that the Canadians were so concerned.
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MIKE MCDONELL, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE: This group took steps to acquire components necessary to create explosive devices using ammonium nitrate, which is a commonly used fertilizer.
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Instead, the sugar is mixed with potassium nitrate — a mineral substance that is also used to preserve food and make gunpowder — to create a pliable mass that can be molded into a shape to fit the rocket before it hardens.
How Much Sugar Would It Take To Get A Rocket To The Moon? Maggie Koerth 2018
oroboros commented on the word nitrate
Cheaper than a day rate?
October 20, 2011
bilby commented on the word nitrate
You're looking for titrate.
October 20, 2011
sionnach commented on the word nitrate
He might be looking for tartrate.
Is it true that in Australia, nitrate is pronounced nitrite?
October 20, 2011
sionnach commented on the word nitrate
Let's all go over to citizencog's apartment. better leave the Viagra at home, though.
October 20, 2011