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💊 A chemical compound 🧪 With two nitrates
dinitrate

dinitrate

8.6
Having two nitrate groups in a molecule
  • adjective
  • /ˈdaɪˌnaɪtreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dinitrato
  • Researchers compared the effects of the dinitrate and mononitrate versions of the chemical.

Examples

  • This medication is a dinitrate form, which affects how it is absorbed in the body.

  • The chemical compound is a dinitrate used in fertilizers.

  • The laboratory synthesized a dinitrate compound for use in the experiment.

  • This dinitrate formulation is highly effective.

  • The laboratory synthesized a dinitrate compound that is crucial for the experiment.

  • Researchers compared the characteristics of the dinitrate and mononitrate compounds designed for medical purposes.

  • This new dinitrate formulation improves the delivery of drugs in treatments.

Surface Forms

dinitrate positive

Morphology

dinitrate = nitrate (transparent) = di + nitrate

Formed by the productive chemical combining form 'di-' meaning 'two' plus the clearly identifiable base 'nitrate', so the meaning is directly compositional in chemistry.

Etymology

Dinitrate comes from the prefix di- meaning 'two' and nitrate for a chemical group with nitrogen and oxygen, just like dioxide uses di- to mean 'two'. So dinitrate describes something that 'contains two nitrate groups' in a molecule.