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Webster 1913 Edition


Nitric

Ni′tric

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
nitrique
. See
Niter
.]
(Chem.)
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.
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).

Webster 1828 Edition


Nitric

NI'TRIC

,
Adj.
Impregnated with niter. Nitric acid is the acid saturated with oxygen, or an acid composed of oxygen and nitrogen or azote.

Definition 2024


nitric

nitric

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Adjective

nitric (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

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