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nitrosate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ni-trosate
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To introduce a nitroso group into a compound.

noun

An organic nitrate ester of a nitroso alcohol RR'-C(NO)-C(ONO₂)-RR'.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From nitroso + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

nitrosates (present, singular) nitrosating (participle, present) nitrosated (participle, past) nitrosated (past) nitrosates (plural)

Derived Forms

nitrosatable

Questions

What does nitrosate mean?
To introduce a nitroso group into a compound.
Where does nitrosate come from?
From nitroso + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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