nitrate

The univalent anionic group NO₃, derived from nitric acid, or a compound containing this group.

Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.

To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.

To treat or prepare with nitric acid: as, nitrated guncotton.

To convert (a base) into a salt by combination with nitric acid.

Important experiments have been made on an industrial scale for the production economically of nitrates from atmospheric air by high-tension electrical discharges through moist air in the presence of basic materials.

A salt of nitric acid.

A salt of nitric acid.

a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; — called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called silver nitrate.

Any salt or ester of nitric acid.