Definition of Nitrate

1. Noun. Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid).

Specialized synonyms: Calcium Nitrate, Cellulose Nitrate, Guncotton, Nitrocellulose, Nitrocotton, Soda Niter, Sodium Nitrate, Niter, Nitre, Potassium Nitrate, Saltpeter, Saltpetre, Glyceryl Trinitrate, Nitroglycerin, Nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, Trinitroglycerin, Ammonium Nitrate, Silver Nitrate, Uranyl Nitrate
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound
Terms within: Nitro Group
Derivative terms: Nitrify, Nitrify, Nitrify

2. Verb. Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate. "Nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Nitric Acid

Definition of Nitrate

1. n. A salt of nitric acid.

Definition of Nitrate

1. to treat with nitric acid [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]

Medical Definition of Nitrate

1. A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent. Synonym: lunar caustic. Origin: Cf. F. Nitrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrate

nitons
nitpick
nitpicked
nitpicker
nitpickers
nitpickier
nitpickiest
nitpicking
nitpicks
nitpicky
nitracrine
nitranilic
nitraniline
nitratase
nitrate (current term)
nitrate (current term)
nitrated
nitrated
nitrates
nitrates
nitrate bacterium
nitrate reductase
nitrate reductases
nitrate respiration
nitratine
nitrating
nitration
nitrations
nitrator
nitrators

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