† trisˈnitrate Chem. Obs.
[f. tris- + nitrate.]
Old name for a nitrate supposed to contain three equivalents of basic oxide and one equivalent of nitric anhydride (then called nitric acid). Cf. tris- 2 a.
| 1836 Pharm. R. Coll. Physic. 217 Trisnitrate of Bismuth was formerly employed as a cosmetic under the name of magistery of Bismuth..represented to possess anti-spasmodic powers. 1850 Daubeny Atom. The. iii. (ed. 2) 112 Trisnitrate of alumina [denotes] 1 of acid to 3 of the earth. 1876 Harley Royle's Mat. Med. 252 Trisnitrate of bismuth. |