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nitrate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nitrate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nitrate [ n.]
- A salt of nitric acid.

Meaning of 'nitrate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nitrate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
Example in sentence:
  • nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol

Nearby Words:

nit nitency niteosaccharin niter nithing nitid nitranilic nitraniline nitrated nitratine

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  • Nitrate reduction
    Nitrate reduction is the reduction of nitrates to nitrites or ammonia.

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