niter
English
Alternative forms
- nitre (Standard UK spelling)
Etymology
From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron).
Noun
niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)
- (obsolete) Sodium carbonate.
- (US, chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
Derived terms
terms derived from niter (noun)
- nitracrol
- Nitralloy
- nitramidin
- nitran
- nitraniline
- nitranisic
- nitrate
- niter bush
- nitridation
- nitriding
- nitrile
- nitrion
- nitrite
- nitryl
Further reading
- “Niter” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “niter”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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