tetranitrate

[ te-truh-nahy-treyt ]
/ ˌtɛ trəˈnaɪ treɪt /

noun Chemistry.

a compound containing four nitrate groups.

Origin of tetranitrate

tetra- + nitrate

Words nearby tetranitrate

tetramerous, tetrameter, tetramethyldiarsine, tetramethyllead, tetrandrous, tetranitrate, tetraparesis, tetrapeptide, tetrapetalous, tetraplegia, tetraploid

Example sentences from the Web for tetranitrate

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

    Researches on Cellulose |C. F. Cross

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

    Researches on Cellulose |C. F. Cross