nitrous acid
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1. an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | acid, |
| definition | : | any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | nitrify, |
| definition | : | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | nitrify, |
| definition | : | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria (verb.change) |
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