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Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically,
designating any one of those compounds in which, as
contrasted with {nitrous} compounds, the element has a higher
valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
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{Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by
distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully
corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a
strong oxidizer.

{Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen
({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the
anhydride of nitric acid.

{Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by
treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air
or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the
formation of nitrogen dioxide ({NO2}, also called nitric
dioxide or nitric peroxide).
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Nitroso- \Ni*tro"so-\
(? or ?). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively)
designating the group or radical {-NO}, called the nitroso
group, or its compounds.
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Nitrosyl \Ni*tro"syl\, n. [Nitroso- -yl.] (Chem.)
The radical {-NO}, called also the {nitroso group}. The term
is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro
compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also
adjectively.
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No \No\ (n[=o]), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf.
E. a, an. See {None}.]
Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often
used as a quantifier.
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Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
--Gen. xiii.
8.
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That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
--Byron.
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Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was
used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer.
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No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not [=a] ever. AS. ne
is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni,
L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-.
[root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice},
{Nefarious}.]
Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word
expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after
another negative, no is emphatic.
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We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak.
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I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge.
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There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii.
10.
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No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge.
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No \No\ (n[=o]), n.; pl. {Noes} (n[=o]z).
1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
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2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to
call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
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no \no.\ n.
Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered
sequence; as, no. 2. [abbrev.]
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nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See {No},
adv.]
1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request
made, now superseded by {no}. Opposed to {aye} or {yea}.
See also {Yes}.
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And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay."
--Chaucer.
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I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish. --Luke xiii.
3.
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And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
--Acts xvi.
37.
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He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov.
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Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer
simple questions, and no was used when the form of the
question involved a negative expression; nay was the
simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat.
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2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to
mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or
more emphatic phrase.
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Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were
he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak.
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