nitric

adj
/ˈnaɪtɹɪk/

Etymology

From nitro- + -ic, compare French nitrique.

  1. derived from *-kos
  2. derived from -icus
  3. derived from -ique
  4. inherited from -ik
  5. formed as nitric — “nitro- + -ic

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

  2. Nitric acid.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nitric. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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