saltpeter
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Güherçile.
2. saltpetre.
3. (isim) güherçile.
4. i., İng., bak. saltpeter.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
see potassium nitrate.
2. see sodium nitrate.
3. see niter.
2. see sodium nitrate.
3. see niter.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
alternative spelling of saltpetre.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see nitrification, 2). it is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A salt called also niter and, in chemical nomenclature, potassium nitrate, or nitrate of potash. see niter.
2. in the tobacco industry, a white saline efflorescence on the midvein and lateral ribs of the curing leaf, consisting usually of a mixture of several salts, sometimes with only a trace of saltpeter. it is thought to be developed by dry weather during the first stages of curing.
2. in the tobacco industry, a white saline efflorescence on the midvein and lateral ribs of the curing leaf, consisting usually of a mixture of several salts, sometimes with only a trace of saltpeter. it is thought to be developed by dry weather during the first stages of curing.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
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