Nitric Meaning
/ˈnaɪtɹɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
nounNitric acid.
Sentence Examples
She needed 10.5 liters of nitric acid for the experiment.
The original acid test used hydrochloric and nitric acid to distinguish gold from base metals.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The brown fumes from the ____ acid indicated a powerful oxidizing reaction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ acid is a powerful chemical often used in the production of fertilizers.
Word Origin & History
From nitro- + -ic, compare French nitrique.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is."
— 1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The brown fumes from the ____ acid indicated a powerful oxidizing reaction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ acid is a powerful chemical often used in the production of fertilizers.