ˈnitrion Chem.
[f. nitre n. + -ion1.]
The supposed radical of nitric acid.
| 1868 Miller Elem. Chem., Inorg. (ed. 4) 95 The chlorine displaces the nitrion..from the argentic nitrate. Ibid. 96 Each atom of nitrion..requires one atom of a monad metal like potassium to neutralize it. |