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Definition of aqua fortis in English: aqua fortisnounˈfɔːtɪsˈäkwə ˈfôrtis archaic term for nitric acid Example sentencesExamples - The old name of nitric acid is aqua fortis meaning ‘strong water.’
- He does not appear, however, to have known the true nature of aqua fortis, and called his process the ‘curing’ of India-rubber by the use of that acid.
- Old time gun makers stained their stocks with aqua fortis, a combination of nitric acid diluted with distilled water and iron filings.
- A set of urchins and chaps, neither men nor boys, by way of a ‘high game,’ procured aqua fortis, vitriol and other corrosive liquids, and filling therewith a syringe, or bottle, sallied forth to give the girls ‘a squirt.’
- Nitric acid at this phase is called aqua fortis and when it is concentrated, concentrated nitric.
Origin Late 15th century: from Latin, literally 'strong water'. Definition of aqua fortis in US English: aqua fortisnounˈäkwə ˈfôrtis archaic term for nitric acid Example sentencesExamples - Old time gun makers stained their stocks with aqua fortis, a combination of nitric acid diluted with distilled water and iron filings.
- A set of urchins and chaps, neither men nor boys, by way of a ‘high game,’ procured aqua fortis, vitriol and other corrosive liquids, and filling therewith a syringe, or bottle, sallied forth to give the girls ‘a squirt.’
- He does not appear, however, to have known the true nature of aqua fortis, and called his process the ‘curing’ of India-rubber by the use of that acid.
- The old name of nitric acid is aqua fortis meaning ‘strong water.’
- Nitric acid at this phase is called aqua fortis and when it is concentrated, concentrated nitric.
Origin Late 15th century: from Latin, literally ‘strong water’. |