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nitrify

English

Verb

nitrify (third-person singular simple present nitrifies, present participle nitrifying, simple past and past participle nitrified)

  1. (transitive) To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound.
  2. (transitive) To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism.
  3. (intransitive) To become nitre.

Antonyms

  • denitrify

Related terms

  • nitrification

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niter

English

Alternative forms

  • nitre (Standard UK spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (native soda, natron), from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian n?rj (natron). Doublet of natron. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

Noun

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

  1. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.
  2. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

  • niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Niter”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “niter”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

  • -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [???t?r]

Noun

niter n

  1. genitive plural of nitro

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