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potassium nitrite

potassium nitrite noun: the potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.

Noun

potassium nitrite (plural potassium nitrites)

  1. The potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.
    Synonyms:
    E249 when used as a preservative

potassium nitrite meaning in Tamil and Telugu

potassium nitrite in Tamil

பொற்றாசியநைத்திரைற்று

potassium nitrite in Telugu

potassium nitrite
పొటాషియం నైట్రైటు poṭāṣiyaṁ naiṭraiṭu

Synonyms of potassium nitrite

Forms of potassium nitrite

pluralpotassium nitrites

Questions about potassium nitrite

What does potassium nitrite mean?
Potassium nitrite means the potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.
What is potassium nitrite in Tamil?
Potassium nitrite in Tamil is பொற்றாசியநைத்திரைற்று. See Potassium nitrite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is potassium nitrite?
Potassium nitrite is a noun.
What is the plural of potassium nitrite?
The plural of potassium nitrite is potassium nitrites.

Words near potassium nitrite in the dictionary

  1. potassium lactate
  2. potassium malate
  3. potassium niobate
  4. potassium niobates
  5. potassium nitrate
  6. potassium nitrite
  7. potassium nitrites
  8. potassium permanganate
  9. potassium permanganates
  10. potassium selective electrode
  11. potassium selective electrodes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potassium nitrite (page history and authors); potassium nitrite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పొటాషియం నైట్రైటు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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