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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective nitric has 1 sense

nitric(a = adj.pert) azotic, nitrous - of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid"

Derived form noun nitre₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

nitric, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.].

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. [1913 Webster]

Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. -- Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. -- Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide).

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

nitric, adj. of or containing nitrogen, esp. in the quinquevalent state.

Idiom

nitric acid a colourless corrosive poisonous liquid.

Usage

Chem. formula: NO.

Etymology

F nitrique (as NITRE)

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