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aqua fortis

noun

, Chemistry.


aqua fortis

/ ˈfɔːtɪs /

noun

  1. an obsolete name for nitric acid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua fortis1

1595–1605; < Latin: literally, strong water
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua fortis1

C17: from Latin, literally: strong water
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Example Sentences

This anecdote, as might be expected, has not escaped the aqua fortis of criticism.

At the opening of the season Goodyear received a letter from a house in Paris, making him a handsome offer for the use of his process of curing india-rubber with aqua fortis.

Lilly was brought acquainted with the plot, and employed a locksmith in Bow Lane to make a saw for cutting asunder the iron bar, and also procured a supply of aqua fortis.

The terms aqua fortis and aqua regia had come into use prior to Agricola, but he does not use them; the Alchemists used various terms, often aqua dissolvia.

Then he applied aqua fortis to it, and it responded as it should.

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