nitrate Chem Noun
1. a salt or ester of nitric acid
2. a fertilizer containing nitrate salts
Verb
[-trating, -trated]
1. to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate
2. to convert or be converted into a nitrate
nitration n
nitrate (n tr t ) A salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the group NO 3. Nitrates dissolve extremely easily in water and are an important component of the nitrogen cycle. Compare nitrite. |
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| Noun | 1. | nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)calcium nitrate - a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight silver nitrate - a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent uranyl nitrate - a yellow salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid |
| Verb | 1. | nitrate - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" |