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Meanings of nitrates in English

Salt or ester of nitric acid.

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Examples for "nitrate"
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The UN was formed also from nitrate nitrogen in various plant species.
Pubmed
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Photo-oxidation also produced substantial ammonium nitrate, often exceeding the mass of SOA.
Pubmed
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In this review, we discuss the role of nitrate in plant senescence.
Pubmed
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We conclude that dietary nitrate has profound effects on basal mitochondrial function.
Pubmed
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Glycerine united with ammonium nitrate is used in the manufacture of explosives.
The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
Usage of nitrates in English
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But I could find no saltpeter; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
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One, we have high and increasing levels of nitrates in this country.
Radio NZ
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But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
The Time Machine
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For that, there remains no plausible explanation except for nitrates and nitrites.
The Guardian
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That's the invertebrates showing the true story that the nitrates aren't showing.
Radio NZ
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No gunpowder, no nitrates: the bell itself was a giant air gun.
Patient Zero
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Perhaps surprisingly, the British organic bacon industry vigorously opposed the proposed nitrates ban.
The Guardian
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Request comes after failing to implement EU nitrates directive and to tacklefarm pollution.
The Irish Times
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In 2010, the EU considered banning the use of nitrates in organic meats.
The Guardian
10
Blue-green algae feed off nitrates from the air and phosphates from the water.
The Guardian
11
The nitrates in past years have been exported to all countries from Chile.
My Four Years in Germany
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It is not nuclear, nor nitrates, though the effect is poisonous.
The Irish Times
13
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Prosciutto di Parma has been produced without nitrates since 1993.
The Guardian
14
The intention is to reduce the leaching of harmful nitrates into surrounding waterways.
Radio NZ
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All these waters contain nitrates, which stimulate the kidneys and increase the thirst.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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I think I would have done better had I stuck to the nitrates.
Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South Ameri...
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