nitration

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Etymology

From nitrate +‎ -ion.

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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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.

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nitration f (plural nitrations)

  1. nitration

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