Definition of Nitrete

Definition of Nitrete

Ni"trite (?), n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.] (Chem.) A salt of nitrous acid.

Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(chemistry) any salt or ester of nitrous acid
(chemistry) the univalent radical -NO2, and the anion NO2-

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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