tetranitrate

[ te-truh-nahy-treyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a compound containing four nitrate groups.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetranitrate¹

tetra- + nitrate

Example Sentences

Wood gum, from beech wood, gave a tetranitrate (C10 formula) insoluble in all the usual solvents for this group of esters.

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Thus the tetranitrate yields only 46.4 of denitrated fibre in place of the calculated 66.

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The majority of cases will do well on the sodium nitrite or erythrol tetranitrate.

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