Trisnitrate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trisnitrate \Tris*ni"trate\, n. [Gr. ? thrice + E. nitrate.]
     (Chem.)
     A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also,
     less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as,
     trisnitrate of bismuth.
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