nitric

English

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ -ic, compare French nitrique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtɹɪk/

Adjective

nitric (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
    • 1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

nitric (uncountable)

  1. Nitric acid.

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nitrique.

Adjective

nitric m or n (feminine singular nitrică, masculine plural nitrici, feminine and neuter plural nitrice)

  1. nitric

Declension

Declension of nitric
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite nitric nitrică nitrici nitrice
definite nitricul nitrica nitricii nitricele
genitive-
dative
indefinite nitric nitrice nitrici nitrice
definite nitricului nitricei nitricilor nitricelor