different between ammonite vs ammoniate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm?na?t/

Etymology 1

From French ammonite, from Latin Amm?nis (corn?) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder. Equivalent to Ammon +? -ite.

Noun

ammonite (plural ammonites)

1. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.

   Synonyms: ammonid, ammonoid

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Etymology 2

From ammonium nitrate.

Noun

ammonite (uncountable)

1. An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

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Further reading

• “ammonite” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Noun

ammonite f (plural ammonites)

1. ammonite

Italian

Noun

ammonite m (plural ammoniti)

1. ammonite (extinct cephalopod)
2. ammonite(most rare mineral)
3. Synonym of ammolite

Verb

ammonite

1. second-person plural present indicative of ammonire
2. second-person plural imperative of ammonire
3. feminine plural of ammonito

Anagrams

• menomati, mentiamo, mitomane

Latin

Participle

ammonite

1. vocative masculine singular of ammonitus

English

Etymology

ammonia +? -ate

Verb

ammoniate (third-person singular simple present ammoniates, present participle ammoniating, simple past and past participle ammoniated)

1. (transitive) To treat with ammonia.

Noun

ammoniate (plural ammoniates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound containing ammonia bound as a ligand.

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Italian

Verb

ammoniate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of ammonire