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AQUA FORTIS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does aqua fortis mean?

• AQUA FORTIS (noun)
The noun AQUA FORTIS has 1 sense:

1. acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels

Familiarity information: AQUA FORTIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• AQUA FORTIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aqua fortis; nitric acid

Hypernyms ("aqua fortis" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

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