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nitrite definition

ni·trite (nī′trīt′)

noun

  1. a salt of nitrous acid containing the monovalent, negative radical NO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Etymology: nitr- + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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