NITRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrate mean? 

• NITRATE (noun)
  The noun NITRATE has 1 sense:

1. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

  Familiarity information: NITRATE used as a noun is very rare.

• NITRATE (verb)
  The verb NITRATE has 1 sense:

1. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

  Familiarity information: NITRATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitrate" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Meronyms (substance of "nitrate"):

nitro group (the group -NO3)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitrate"):

calcium nitrate (a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers)

cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)

soda niter; sodium nitrate ((NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

niter; nitre; potassium nitrate; saltpeter; saltpetre ((KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

glyceryl trinitrate; nitroglycerin; nitroglycerine; Nitrospan; Nitrostat; trinitroglycerin (a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat))

ammonium nitrate (used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant)

silver nitrate (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)

uranyl nitrate (a yellow salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid)

Derivation:

nitrate (treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate)

nitrify (treat (soil) with nitrates)

nitrify (treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound)

nitrify (convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria)

• NITRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nitrate    ... he / she / it nitrates   
Past simple: nitrated   
Past participle: nitrated   
-ing form: nitrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol

Hypernyms (to "nitrate" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))

nitric acid (acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels)

 Context examples 

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, produces hydrogen sulfide, hydrolyzes esculin, but not starch, does not reduce nitrate, and is resistant to aminoglycosides and polymyxins.

(Bacteroides splanchnicus, NCI Thesaurus)

This is an important step in reducing nitrous oxide emissions, because bacteria in the soil convert nitrate to nitrous oxide and other gases.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)

The big surprise was that the yield of nitrate increased when hydrogen was included in the laser-shocked experiments that simulated asteroid impacts.

(Asteroids, Hydrogen Make Great Recipe for Life on Mars, NASA)

Nitrates are a class of molecules that contain nitrogen in a form that can be used by living organisms.

(Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars, NASA)

This species is indole positive, but lipase, catalase, urease and nitrate negative, hydrolyzes esculin and gelatin, and is beta-lactamase positive thus resistant to penicillin G, vancomycin, ceftizoxime, cefotetan.

(Bacteroides nordii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, produces hydrogen sulfide, does not reduce nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin and starch, does not ferment trehalose, melezitose or arabinose, and is penicillin resistant.

(Bacteroides fragilis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, indole negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes starch and esculin.

(Bacillus polymyxa, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein, gelatin and starch, does not reduce nitrate, and utilizes citrate as its only carbon source.

(Bacillus megaterium, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase and superoxide dismutase positive, indole negative, and reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes starch, and does not ferment glucose or lactose.

(Bacillus subtilis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole negative, does not ferment carbohydrates, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes esculin, but not starch.

(Bacteroides capillosus, NCI Thesaurus)