nitric
/ˈnaɪtɹɪk/
nitric adjective: of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
Adjective
nitric (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
- In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom...1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58
Noun
nitric (uncountable)
nitric meaning in Bengali
nitric in Bengali
- নাইট্রোজেন সম্বন্ধীয়, নাইট্রোজেনঘটিত, যবক্ষারজানিক
Origin of nitric
From nitro- + -ic, compare French nitrique.
Words formed from nitric
- hydronitric acid
- nitric acid
- nitric ether
- nitric oxide
- sulfonitric
- sulfonitric acid
- sulphonitric acid
- sulphonitric
Phrases with nitric
Questions about nitric
- What does nitric mean?
- Nitric means of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
- What is nitric in Bengali?
- Nitric in Bengali is নাইট্রোজেন সম্বন্ধীয়, নাইট্রোজেনঘটিত, যবক্ষারজানিক. See Nitric meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is nitric?
- Nitric can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nitric?
- Nitric is pronounced /ˈnaɪtɹɪk/.
Words near nitric in the dictionary
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