Nitrification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of nitrifying countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) wordnet
  3. 3
    the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) wordnet

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nitrifaction

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