nitration

See also: Nitration

English

Etymology

From nitrate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

nitration (countable and uncountable, plural nitrations)

1. (chemistry) The reaction of something with nitric acid; especially such a reaction, in the presence of sulphuric acid, to introduce a nitro functional group into a compound.

Derived terms

• Zincke nitration

Translations

reaction with nitric acid

• Greek: νίτρωση (el) f (nítrosi)
• Italian: nitrazione (it)
• Malay: penitratan (ms)

Anagrams

• Tritonian, trination

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

nitration f (plural nitrations)

1. nitration

Further reading

• “nitration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.