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Niter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder. US, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive wordnet
  3. 3
    Native sodium carbonate; natron. countable, obsolete, uncountable

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.

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