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nitrate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also {lunar caustic}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nitrate n : a salt or ester of nitric acid v : treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
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