Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The univalent radical NO3 or a compound containing it, as a salt or an ester of nitric acid.
- n. Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
- v. To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A salt of nitric acid. The nitrates are generally soluble in water, and easily decomposed by heat. They are much employed as oxidizing agents, and may be prepared by the action of nitric acid on metals or on metallic oxids.
- To treat or prepare with nitric acid: as, nitrated guncotton.
- To convert (a base) into a salt by combination with nitric acid.
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
- v. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A salt of nitric acid.
WordNet 3.0
- v. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
- n. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Examples
“Anyone with a semester in chemistry should realise that sodium nitrate is not metallic sodium. ooooze Says:”
“Bottles of uranium nitrate from the uranium mines in St. Joachimsthal.”
“The most common ingredient in Afghan IEDs is ammonium nitrate, which is used to make fertilizer.”
“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.”
“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.”
“TOWNSEND: Well, we know, one, it was three tons of ammonium nitrate, which is the reason that the Canadians were so concerned.”
“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.”
“They were charged with getting ammonium nitrate, which is explosive -- the same thing that was used in Oklahoma City.”
“Although no one was arrested there, Bokaba said detectives seized 54kg of ammonium nitrate, which is used to manufacture explosives.”
“We made some chlorine nitrate, which is not hard to make but is difficult to keep because it reacts very easily with water.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nitrate’.
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1) to become; cause to become; form or produce; provide or treat with
2) characteristic of; filled with
3) office; function; agent; person or thing that is the object of an actionmaturate, invalidate, salivate, refrigerate, delineate, orchestrate, chlorinate, graduate, collegiate, passionate, caudate, directorate and 2 more...
sionnach Let's all go over to citizencog's apartment. better leave the Viagra at home, though. Oct 20, 2011
sionnach He might be looking for tartrate.
Is it true that in Australia, nitrate is pronounced nitrite? Oct 20, 2011
bilby You're looking for titrate. Oct 20, 2011
oroboros Cheaper than a day rate? Oct 20, 2011