nitrifiedadj.
/ˈnʌɪtrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtrəˌfaɪd/ Chemistry and Biology.
That has undergone nitrification; that is enriched with nitrates, nitrites, or (formerly) nitre.
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1797 tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy in Med. Repository 1 70 The salt-petre which is extracted from caves, cellars, coach-houses, and barns, is purer and richer than that which is extracted from nitrified stones.
1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 416 A few inches of the nitrified earth.
1887 Science 4 Feb. 111/2 Nitrogen that may be present in a nitrified form..may escape assimilation by being set free by the denitrifying ferment.
1918 Sci. Monthly July 45 The smaller, shallower and more stagnant the body of water..and the more nitrified and clarified the effluent, the more rapid is the succession of zones of higher animal life.
1932 Bot. Gaz. 98 79 A mottle type of chlorosis may be associated with the nitrogen group when the absorption of large amounts of such incompletely nitrified constituents takes place.
1991 Public Wks. Oct. 75/2 The contractor stopped co-setting nitrified waste by rerouting it back to the DAF units through newly installed valves and piping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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