noun
Freq #102857
Meanings
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noun
the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
The laboratory measured nitrite in the water sample.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
nitrous-acid salt
Word family
Derived forms
hyponitritenitritoidnitrituriasulfonitritesulphonitrite
Etymology
From French nitrite, formed from nitre + -ite. The suffix -ite marks a salt or ester of nitrous acid, in contrast with the more highly oxygenated nitrate.