Word: nitration
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ni
tra
tion
Definition: The reaction of something with nitric acid; especially such a reaction, in the presence of sulphuric acid, to introduce a nitro functional group into a compound.
Morphemes:
Affix: nitrate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nitrate
Language: fr
Decoded: nitrate
PoS: Noun
Meaning: nitrate
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.