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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ni·tric acid /ˈnaɪtrɪk-/

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 nitric acid 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ni·tric a.  Chem. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
 Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid.  It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer.
 Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid.
 Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper.  On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nitric acid
      n : acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and
          explosives and rocket fuels [syn: aqua fortis]