niter
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noun
Etymology: From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.
- A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
- Native sodium carbonate; natron.