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English Dictionary: Nitrate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrate
n
  1. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
v
  1. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
      A salt of nitric acid.
  
      {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used
            in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
            {lunar caustic}.
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