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nitrate Definition

ni·trate (trāt′)

noun

    1. a salt of nitric acid containing the monovalent, negative radical NO
    2. an uncharged ester of this acid
  1. potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used as a fertilizer

Etymology: Fr < MFr nitre, niter

transitive verb -·trat′ed, -·trat′·ing

to treat or combine with nitric acid or a nitrate; esp., to make into a nitrate

nitrate Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dissolve: This is usually cellulose nitrate dissolved in organic solvents.
  • convert: Denitrification filters convert nitrate to nitrogen gas, the bacteria in such filters are anaerobic.
  • remove: These device relies bacteria living on balls of Sulfur to remove nitrate from the water.

Adjective modifier

  • dietary: Chemical synthesis of nitric oxide in the stomach from dietary nitrate in humans.
  • silver: The Victorians used to enjoy creating silver under the microscope from silver nitrate in solution.
  • organic: It transforms in the air to form gaseous nitric acid and toxic organic nitrates.

Modifies a noun

  • reductase: Biochemical response methods include analysis of enzymes such as nitrate reductase and emissions of nitrous oxide from soils.
  • fertilizer: In 1909 Fritz Haber found a way of extracting nitrogen, the source of nitrate fertilizers.
  • concentration: Light is the main influence on nitrate concentrations in plants.
  • fertilizer: More specifically, the increased use of nitrate fertilizers could be encouraging gullet cancer.
  • ion: The copper might react with the hydrogen ions or with the nitrate ions.
  • pollution: Well timed, low N dose is the key to minimize nitrate pollution.

Noun used with modifier

  • ammonium: Inside was half a ton of ammonium nitrate, an easy to buy fertilizer, the same material used in the Bali bombings.
  • amyl: Generally coming in small glass bottles, amyl nitrate is normally snorted out of the open bottle.
  • cellulose: This is usually cellulose nitrate dissolved in organic solvents.
  • alkyl: The alkyl nitrates are a reservoir species for NO x ( =NO 2 + NO ).
  • potassium: For some ( like potassium nitrate ), the increase is quite fast.
  • uranyl: Rotting container A badly corroded container of radioactive uranyl nitrate was found by a European Union inspector during an investigation of Dounreay in March.

Preposition: in

lettuce: Every Member State is required to monitor and report levels of nitrate in lettuce and spinach as part of a European Commission Regulation.

Preposition: of

silver: A - , Nitrate of silver, 200 grains; distilled water, 3 ounces.

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