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Webster 1913 Edition

Nitrate

Ni′trate

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

nitrate

.]

(Chem.)

A salt of nitric acid.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nitrate

NI'TRATE

,

Noun.

A salt formed by the union of the nitric acid with a base; as nitrate of soda.