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   ni·trate

   noun

   • 1. a salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3: "preserved meat and vegetables contain nitrates"
   • ▪ sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, or ammonium nitrate, used as fertilizer: "the fertilizer is usually a basic nitrate"

   verb

   • 1. treat (a substance) with nitric acid (typically a concentrated mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids), especially so as to introduce nitro groups: "nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French(see niter, -ate1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. nitration noun

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