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

Re-enter, rē-en′tėr, v.t. and v.i. to enter again or anew: in engraving, to cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.—p.adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

I dissolved in aqua fortis the white magnesia employed in medicine; I evaporated this solution to dryness.

From Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 by Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

Goodyear was astonished to find that the sulphur cured the india-rubber as thoroughly as the aqua fortis, the principal objection being that the sulphurous odor of the goods was frightful in hot weather.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

Dissolve in common aqua fortis as much silver as you please.

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

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 Glazier, Willard W.