Nitrite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nitrite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Nitrite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrite n the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrite \Ni"trite\, n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) A salt of nitrous acid. {Amyl nitrite}, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.