Nī'tric, a.

a. [Fr. nitrique, It. nitrico, N. Lat. nitricus, from Lat. nitrum. See NITER.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

Nitric acid, a powerful, corrosive acid, containing five equivalents of oxygen and one of nitrogen. — Nitric oxide, an acid composed of oxygen and nitrogen, in the proportion of two equivalents of the former to one of the latter.