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Nitro . ( Of the lat. ) nitrum, and East of the g ?t???). 1. m. potassium nitrate, which is in the form of needles or whitish dust on the surface of the wet and salty land. It crystallizes in prisms nearly transparent, is fresh, slightly bitter flavor, and cast into the fire, deflagra with violence. 2. m. Quím. Functional group consisting of a nitrogen atom and two oxygen. (Fórm.) NO 2 ). Nitro cubic. 1. m. salt similar to the nitro, but sodium instead of potassium, and that it crystallises in almost cubic romboedros. Nitro of Chile. 1. m. nitrate Chile. Nitro of Norway. 1. d. calcium nitrate. ? V. foam of Nitro salt of Nitro Nitro- . ( Del gr. ??t?-). 1. elem. compos. Quím. It denotes the presence, in an organic compound of the nitro functional group. Nitrobenzene.