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n. See potassium nitrate.

n. See sodium nitrate.

n. See niter.

n. Alternative spelling of saltpetre.

n. Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

n. A salt called also niter and, in chemical nomenclature, potassium nitrate, or nitrate of potash. See niter.

n. In the tobacco industry, a white saline efflorescence on the midvein and lateral ribs of the curing leaf, consisting usually of a mixture of several salts, sometimes with only a trace of saltpeter. It is thought to be developed by dry weather during the first stages of curing.

n. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

"The American Heritage Dictionary says saltpeter is either potassium nitrate (used for curing meats) or sodium nitrate."

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