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Definition: Nitrite |
NitriteNoun1. The radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nitrite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Etymology: Nitrite \Ni"trite\, noun. [Compare to the French expression nitrite. See Niter.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Environment | 1. An intermediate in the process of nitrification. 2. Nitrous oxide salts used in food preservation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nitrite."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| NiR | English | Nitrite reductase | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Nitrite |
| English words defined with "nitrite": Azotite ♦ butyl nitrite ♦ Cobalt yellow ♦ isobutyl nitrite ♦ -ite ♦ nitrite bacterium, nitrous acid ♦ popper ♦ sodium nitrite, Spirit of nitrous ether, Stryphnic ♦ Vanadite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nitrite": Amyl Nitrite ♦ Glutathione Transferase, Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic Bacteria ♦ lead azide ♦ methaemoglobinaemia ♦ Nitrite Reductases, Nitrobacteraceae. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Nitrite" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (nitrite). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The strips detect nitrite, which is formed when bacteria change nitrate in the urine to nitrite. (references) | |
Soderberg, L.S. Immunomodulation by nitrite inhalants may predispose abusers to AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma. (references) | ||
A recent study found that even a relatively small number of exposures to butyl nitrite can produce dramatic increases in tumor incidence and growth rates in animals. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nitrite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.63% of the time. "Nitrite" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.63% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.37% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| India | Deepak Nitrite Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "nitrite": ammonium nitrite ♦ Amyl nitrite ♦ butyl nitrite ♦ isobutyl nitrite ♦ nitrite bacterium ♦ Nitrite Reductases ♦ Sodium Nitrite. Additional references. | |
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Containing "nitrite": ammonia-nitrite-nitrate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nitrite | 39 |
sodium nitrite | 37 |
amyl nitrite | 23 |
isobutyl nitrite | 8 |
butyl nitrite | 6 |
potassium nitrite | 5 |
nitrate nitrite | 4 |
nitrite poisoning pond | 3 |
detoxification nitrite | 3 |
bacon free nitrite | 3 |
allergy nitrite | 3 |
ammonium nitrite | 3 |
nitrite salt sodium | 3 |
free meat nitrite | 3 |
environment nitrite | 3 |
aquarium nitrite | 2 |
level nitrite | 2 |
alkyl nitrite | 2 |
nitrite urine | 2 |
nitrite ion | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nitrite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nitrat potasiumi (niter, nitre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | النتريت ملح الحامض النتري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нитрит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 亚硝酸盐. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nitritprøve (nitrite test), nitrit-kryddersalt (nitrite pickling salt), nitritkonserveringsalt (nitrite curing salt), nitritforgiftning (nitrite intoxication), natriumnitrit (sodium nitrite), natriumnitrat, -nitrit og -silikat er uorganiske inhibitorer (nitrite and silicate are inorganic inhibitors, sodium nitrate), nitritsalt til nedsaltning (nitrite pickling salt), kaliumcobaltnitrit (cobalt potassium nitrite, Fischer's yellow, potassium cobaltnitrite), ammoniumnitrit (ammonium nitrite), cobaltkaliumnitrit (cobalt potassium nitrite, Fischer's yellow, potassium cobaltnitrite), dobbelnitrit (double nitrite), E249 (potassium nitrite), E250 (sodium nitrite), Ethylnitrit (Ethyl nitrite), Fischer's gult (cobalt potassium nitrite, Fischer's yellow, potassium cobaltnitrite), alkalinitrit (alkaline nitrite), kaliumnitrit (potassium nitrite), flydende litiumnitrit (liquid lithium nitrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nitrietpekelzout (nitrite curing salt), natriumnitriet (sodium nitrite), natriumnitraat, natriumnitriet en natriumsilicaat zijn anorganische inhibitoren (nitrite and silicate are inorganic inhibitors, sodium nitrate), vloeibaar lithiumnitriet (liquid lithium nitrite), kaliumnitriet (potassium nitrite), kaliumkobaltnitriet (cobalt potassium nitrite, Fischer's yellow, potassium cobaltnitrite), Fischer's zout (cobalt potassium nitrite, Fischer's yellow, potassium cobaltnitrite), Ethylnitriet (Ethyl nitrite), E250 (sodium nitrite), E249 (potassium nitrite), dubbelnitriet (double nitrite), ammoniumnitriet (ammonium nitrite), alkalinitriet (alkaline nitrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | natriumnitriitti (E250, sodium nitrite), natriumnitraatti,-nitriitti ja-silikaatti ovat epäorgaanisia inhibiittejä (nitrite and silicate are inorganic inhibitors, sodium nitrate), kaliumnitriitti (E249, potassium nitrite), E 250 (E250, sodium nitrite), E 249 (E249, potassium nitrite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nitrite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nitrit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νιτρώδεσ αλάτι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nitrit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nitrito (neigh, whinny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 亜硝酸塩 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あしょうさ"え". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neetreet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itritenay nitrito, nitrificar-se. (various references) nitrit. (various references) нитрит. (various references) nitrit. (various references) nitrito. (various references) nitrit. (various references) สาร nitrate. (various references) nitrit asit tuzu, nitrit. (various references) сіль азотистої кислоти. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nitrite": nitrites. (additional references) | |
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"Nitrite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: intreate, narcite, Negrete, negrito, neqrita, neurite, Ngiriye, nichrome, nitrene, nitrine, norite, norlite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nitrite" (pronounced 'Ni"trite'): Hyponitrite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nittier. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-n-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: retint, tinier, tinter. | |
-2 letters: inert, inter, niter, nitre, titer, titre, trine, trite. | |
-3 letters: inti, nett, nite, rein, rent, rite, tent, tern, tier, tine, tint, tire, titi, tret. | |
-4 letters: ern, ire, net, nit, rei, ret, rin, ten, tet, tie, tin, tit. | |
-5 letters: en, er, et, in, it, ne, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-n-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: intermit, intertie, nitrites, retinite. | |
+2 letters: bittering, detrition, enteritis, integrity, intercity, interdict, interknit, intermits, internist, interties, intertill, interunit, intimater, intricate, iterating, iteration, itinerant, itinerate, jittering, littering, nutritive, refitting, remitting, resitting, retinites, retinitis, retinting, retitling, rivetting, tittering, tretinoin, tricotine, trinities, wintriest. | |
+3 letters: antierotic, antilitter, antistrike, centiliter, centricity, chittering, detritions, distincter, entireties, eternities, flittering, frittering, glittering, grittiness, infiltrate, ingratiate, instituter, interdicts, interfaith, interknits, internists, interpoint, interstice, intertidal, intertills, intertrial, intertwine, intertwist, intimaters, intreating, iterations, itinerants, itinerated, itinerates, literation, miswritten, permitting, petitioner, recitation, reemitting, reinitiate, reknitting, repetition, resittings, retwisting, skittering, stringiest, tanistries, tetrazzini, thorianite, tortellini, transitive, tretinoins, tricotines, trinketing, tripinnate, trisecting, trisection, tristearin, triunities, twittering, winteriest, wintertide, wintertime, zwitterion. | |
+4 letters: antipyretic, antirealist, antistories, briquetting, centiliters, certainties, clarinetist, condottieri, creationist, crepitating, crepitation, dentistries, determinist, disinterest, elutriating, elutriation, embittering, embrittling, enteritides, enteritises, erotization, extirpating, extirpation, extraditing, extradition, extricating, extrication, imbittering, impertinent, impetrating, impetration, incertitude, infertility, infiltrated, infiltrates, ingratiated, ingratiates, ingratitude, ingurgitate, instituters, instructive, integrality, integrating, integration, integrative, integrities, interacting, interaction, interactive, interatomic, interdicted, interdictor, interesting, interethnic, interiority, intermitted, intermitter, internality, interpoints, interstices, interstrain, intertilled, intertribal, intertwined, intertwines, intertwists, intrepidity, intricately, intromitted, intromitter, investiture, irredentist, itinerantly, itinerating, itineration, jitteriness, literations, martensitic, maternities, metrication, mistreating, natriuretic, notorieties, nutritively, orientalist, orientating, orientation, outintrigue, partitioned, partitioner, paternities, peritonitis, pertinacity, petitionary, petitioners, pirouetting, precipitant, prettifying, ratiocinate, readmitting, reattaining, recitations, reinitiated, reinitiates, reinstating, reinstitute, reiterating, reiteration, rentability, repartition, repetitions, resplitting, restitching, restituting, restitution, restricting, restriction, retaliating, retaliation, retentivity, retinitides, retribution, rotundities, straitening, terminating, termination, terminative, texturizing, thirstiness, thorianites, thriftiness, tortellinis, transfinite, trepidation, trinketries, trisections, tristearins, typewriting, unremitting, vinaigrette, wintertides, wintertimes, zwitterions. | |
+5 letters: acetonitrile, actinometric, administrate, airtightness, alliterating, alliteration, anticreative, antientropic, antihysteric, antiliterate, antineutrino, antiparticle, antipyretics, antirealists, centralistic, centralities, centricities, chitterlings, clarinetists, clarinettist, constrictive, contributive, creationists, crepitations, determinists, disintegrate, disinterests, disinterment, disorientate, dissertating, dissertation, ditransitive, divertimenti, divertimento, earsplitting, eccentricity, elutriations, endometritis, entertaining, erotizations, eternization, etherization, exercitation, expatriating, expatriation, extirpations, extortionist, extraditions, extrications, fraternities, frontalities, glitteringly, grittinesses, impetrations, inarticulate, incertitudes, indoctrinate, infiltrative, ingratitudes, ingurgitated, ingurgitates, integrations, intenerating, inteneration, interactions, intercepting, interception, intercutting, interdicting, interdiction, interdictive, interdictors, interdictory, interfertile, interjecting, interjection, interknitted, intermediate, intermitotic, intermittent, intermitters, intermitting, intermixture, interorbital, interpreting, interpretive, interrupting, interruption, interruptive, intersecting, intersection, intersociety, interstadial, interstation, intersterile, interstimuli, interstitial, interstrains, intertidally, intertillage, intertilling, intertwining, intertwisted, intervention, intransigent, intransitive, intrauterine, introjecting, introjection, intromittent, intromitters, introverting, investigator, investitures, invitatories, irredentists, itinerations, laterization, mercantilist, metrications, misinterpret, natriuretics, neutralistic, neutralities, nonnutritive, obliterating, obliteration, obstetrician, operationist, orientalists, orientations, orotundities, outintrigued, outintrigues, pancreatitis, partitioners, penitentiary, periodontist, petrifaction, practitioner, preadmitting, precipitants, quaternities, ratiocinated, ratiocinates, reactivating, reactivation, receptionist, recommitting, reductionist, reestimating, registration, rehabilitant, reindictment, reinitiating, reinstituted, reinstitutes, reiterations, remotivating, remotivation, reoutfitting, repartitions, repatriating, repatriation, repetitional, repristinate, restitutions, restrictions, resubmitting, retaliations, reticulating, reticulation, retightening, retributions, retrodicting, retrodiction, retrofitting, ricochetting, sempiternity, stationeries, strategizing, strontianite, superstition, syncretistic, tensiometric, terminations, theoretician, theorization, titaniferous, transitively, trephination, trepidations, tripinnately, turpentining, typewritings, unstratified, vinaigrettes, vituperating, vituperation, zwitterionic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 74 72 69 74 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. - .-. .. - . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i t r i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0074 0072 0069 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48758684758671 |
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