tnitency (1)

[Lat. nitens, pr. par. of niteo to shine.] The quality or state of being bright or shining; brightne , luster. IMG:content-0066.png:[blocks in formation] to strive.] A striving, an endeavor, a struggle, an effort, a tendency. "Those zones will have a strong nitency to fly wider open."- Boyle : Works , i. 179. 1. Chem .: [SALTPETER.] 2. Min .: An orthorhombic mineral occurring in crusts, silky fibers, acicular crystals, or diffused ity, 1937; luster, vitreous; brittle; color and streak, through certain soils. Hardne , 2.0; specific potash, 46.6=100, corresponding to the formula, white; taste, saline. Composition: Nitric acid, 534; KO,NO5. 3. Pharm.: It is exhibited in small doses as a refrigerant and diuretic, and in large doses as a vas rheumatism. It has been found useful also in cular sedative in fever, especially in that of acute dropsy. ni-thi-a-lin, subst. [Eng. ni(tric); thi(a), and a( ni )lin(e).] by the action of ammonium sulphide on par an i Chem.: A yellow amorphous substance produced traniline.