niter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder. US,countable,uncountable
  2. Native sodium carbonate; natron. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

niters plural nitre alternative,UK

词汇关系

衍生词
niter bush nitracrol Nitralloy nitramidin nitran nitraniline nitranisic nitrate nitridation nitriding nitrile nitrion nitrite nitryl soda niter
相关词
nitric nitrifaction nitrify nitrogen nitrous

词源

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.
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