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Webster 1913 Edition

Muriate

Mu′ri-ate

,
Noun.
[See
Muriatic
.]
(Chem.)
A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride;
as,
muriate
of ammonia
.
☞ This term, as also the word muriatic, was formerly applied to the chlorides before their true composition was understood, and while they were erroneously supposed to be compounds of an acid with an oxide. Muriate and muriatic are still occasionally used as commercial terms, but are obsolete in scientific language.

Webster 1828 Edition

Muriate

MU'RIATE

,
Noun.
[L. muria, muries, salt water, brine; amarus, bitter; Heb. to be bitter.] A salt formed by muriatic acid combined with a base.

Definition 2024

muriate

muriate

English

Noun

muriate ‎(plural muriates)

  1. (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) chloride

Derived terms

  • muriate of phosphate (KCl) (in agriculture)
  • muriatic acid (HCl) (rare, obsolete)
  • muriate of potash, muriate of potassium, MOP

Italian

Verb

muriate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of murare

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