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Niter

Niter Meaning & Definition
Niter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Niter?

[n] (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

Synonyms | Synonyms for Niter: nitre | potassium nitrate | saltpeter | saltpetre

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See Also | fertiliser | fertilizer | nitrate | plant food

Niter In Webster's Dictionary

\Ni"ter\, Nitre \Ni"tre\, n. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. nit?n, natr?n natron. Cf. {Natron}.] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See {Saltpeter}. 2. (Chem.) Native sodium carbonate; natron. [Obs.] For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me. --Jer. ii. 22. {Cubic niter}, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as {Chili saltpeter}. {Niter bush} (Bot.), a genus ({Nitraria}) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

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