nitrated

Variant of nitrate

nitrate definition

ni·trate (nī′trāt′)

noun

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

Etymology: Fr < MFr nitre, niter

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

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

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