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niter

noun

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.

  1. derived from nṯrj
  2. derived from νίτρον
  3. derived from nitrum
  4. derived from nitre
  5. inherited from niter

Definitions

  1. A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

  2. Native sodium carbonate

    Native sodium carbonate; natron.

The neighborhood

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Derived

niter bush, nitracrol, Nitralloy, nitramidin, nitran, nitraniline, nitranisic, nitrate, nitridation, nitriding, nitrile, nitrion, nitrite, nitryl, soda niter

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA