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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of removing the lower oxids of nitrogen from nitrous vitriol in making sulphuric acid. See denitrate, 2.
  • noun The process of removing the nitric-acid radical from guncotton or other nitric esters, regenerating cellulose, etc. See denitrate, 3.
  • noun A freeing from nitric acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry The removal of nitrate or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water; denitrification

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