aqua fortis

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. nitric acid.

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aqua fortis British  

/ ˈfɔːtɪs /

noun

1. an obsolete name for nitric acid

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Etymology

Origin of aqua fortis

1595–1605; < Latin: literally, strong water

Example Sentences

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aqua fortis

In temperament, they were much alike; although Haeckel perhaps does not use quite so much aqua fortis in his ink.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard

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

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Willard W. Glazier

Dissolve fine silver in aqua fortis; and after the dissolution, add some distilled water in the same manner as in the gold ink.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

Make a little hole through the gold into the silver; then put the ring into aqua fortis, in a warm place: it will dissolve the silver, and the gold will remain whole.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

The nitrous air gradually lost its elasticity, the bladder collapsed, and became yellow as if corroded by aqua fortis.

From Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele