"nitration" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nitration.wav Forms: nitrations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From nitrate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nitrate|ion}} nitrate + -ion Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: nitration Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Derived forms: Zincke nitration Translations (reaction with nitric acid): νίτρωση (nítrosi) [feminine] (Greek), nitrazione (Italian), penitratan (Malay)

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