different between titrate vs nitrate

English

Etymology

From French titrer, from titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t?e?t/, /?ta?t?e?t/

Verb

titrate (third-person singular simple present titrates, present participle titrating, simple past and past participle titrated)

1. (transitive, analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
2. (medicine) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
   • A 5mg dose could not ease the pain, so he titrated to 10mg which brought him immediate relief.

Derived terms

Related terms

• titer
• titre

Translations

Further reading

• titration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• attrite, tattier

English

Etymology

From French nitrate.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: n?'tr?t, IPA^(key): /?na??t?e?t/, [?na???t??e??t]

Noun

nitrate (plural nitrates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)

1. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate

Related terms

• nitration
• nitrator

Translations

Further reading

• nitrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• intreat, iterant, natrite, nattier, tainter, tartine, tertian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.t?at/

Noun

nitrate m (plural nitrates)

1. nitrate

   Synonym: (rare) azotate

Further reading

• “nitrate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• attenir, entrait, étirant, inertât, itérant, rentait, tartine

Italian

Verb

nitrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of nitrare
2. second-person plural imperative of nitrare
3. feminine plural of nitrato

Anagrams

• entrati, nettari, ritenta, tartine, tirante