Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat or combine with ammonia.
- noun A compound that contains ammonia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ammonia combined with a metallic oxid.
- noun A trade-name for any organic nitrogenous material which may be used as a source of ammonia, particularly in fertilizers, as dried blood, fish-scrap, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb treat with ammonia; expose to ammonia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To treat with
ammonia - noun inorganic chemistry Any compound containing
ammonia bound as a ligand
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat with ammonia
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