"niter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: niters [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|niter}} Middle English niter, {{der|en|fro|nitre}} Old French nitre, {{der|en|la|nitrum||native soda, natron}} Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), {{der|en|grc|νίτρον}} Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), {{der|en|egy|nṯrj||natron|id=natron}} Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”), {{doublet|en|natron|trona}} Doublet of natron and trona Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)
  1. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-niter-en-noun-R~4ZIjL0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 25
  2. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry
    Sense id: en-niter-en-noun-xbkX3h3a Categories (other): American English Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nitre [UK] Related terms: nitric, nitrifaction, nitrify, nitrogen, nitrous
Derived forms: nitracrol, Nitralloy, nitramidin, nitran, nitraniline, nitranisic, nitrate, niter bush, nitridation, nitriding, nitrile, nitrion, nitrite, nitryl, soda niter

Inflected forms

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