nitration

From nitrate +‎ -ion.

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

• Zincke nitration

• Tritonian, trination

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nitration f (plural nitrations)

1. nitration

• “nitration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.