nitrification

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Noun nitrification has 2 senses

nitrification - the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound)
--₁ is a kind of chemical process, chemical change, chemical action

Derived form: verb nitrify₂
nitrification - the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)
--₂ is a kind of oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation

Derived forms: verb nitrify₁, verb nitrify₃

nitric nitric acid nitric acids nitric bacteria nitric bacterium nitric oxide nitrid nitride nitrification nitrify nitril nitrile nitrite nitrite bacterium nitro nitro group nitrobacter

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