nitric acid en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes.
Instantly a little vapour arose from it, as happens when one disturbs nitric acid, and this sight did not increase my hopes, already faint enough, of the efficacy of the treatment.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
Deriveds
white fuming nitric acid · red fuming nitric acid · orthonitric acid
Relateds
nitrogen dioxide · nitro- · nitrate
Synonyms
Translations (52)
arz ميّة النار (HNO3) · ro acid azotic (HNO3) · pl kwas azotowy (HNO3) · nb salpetersyre (HNO3) · th กรดไนตริก (HNO3) · hu salétromsav (HNO3) · hy ազոտական թթու (HNO3) · ro acid nitric (HNO3) · fr acide nitrique (HNO3) · az nitrat turşusu (HNO3) · lv slāpekļskābe (HNO3) · tr nitrik asit (HNO3) · uz nitrat kislotasi (HNO3) · km ទឹកក្រាម (HNO3) · cs kyselina dusičná (HNO3) · ko 초산 (HNO3) · tl agwa-puwerte (HNO3) · tr kezzap suyu (HNO3) · fi typpihappo (HNO3) · cmn 硝酸 (HNO3) · ko 질산 (HNO3) · fa تیزآب (HNO3) · jv asem nitrat (HNO3) · fa نیتریک اسید (HNO3) · ga aigéad nítreach (HNO3) · sv salpetersyra (HNO3) · fr acide azotique (HNO3) · da hydrogennitrat (HNO3) · it acido nitrico (HNO3) · acm تيزاب (HNO3) · vi axit nitric (HNO3) · de Salpetersäure (HNO3) · fa جوهر شوره (HNO3) · nn salpetersyre (HNO3) · id asam nitrat (HNO3) · es ácido nítrico (HNO3) · ar حمض النتريك (HNO3) · ca àcid nítric (HNO3) · ja 硝酸 (HNO3) · nl salpeterzuur (HNO3) · arz متريول (HNO3) · ru азо́тная кислота́ (HNO3) · eo nitracido (HNO3) · ota كذاب صویی (HNO3) · el νιτρικό οξύ (HNO3) · kk азот қышқылы (HNO3) · da salpetersyre (HNO3) · arz أزوتيك (HNO3) · eo nitrata acido (HNO3) · pt ácido nítrico (HNO3) · cy asid nitrig (HNO3) · mi waikawa hauota (HNO3)