azote

American  

[az-oht, ey-zoht, uh-zoht] / ˈæz oʊt, ˈeɪ zoʊt, əˈzoʊt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. nitrogen.

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azote British  

/ ˈeɪzəʊt, əˈzəʊt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for nitrogen

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Etymology

Origin of azote

1785–95; < French < Greek ázōtos ungirt, taken to mean lifeless

Example Sentences

Flames are extinguished and animals die in an atmosphere of pure nitrogen - so it was once known as "azote", Greek for "lifeless".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2014

Magendie attributes the nutritious principle to the greater or lesser proportion of nitrogen or azote.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

This is of course the color of the pure atmospheric air, not the aqueous vapor, but the pure azote and oxygen, and it is the � 5.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

That element of the air which is called azote.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

Humboldt noticed that the gas which issues from these small volcanoes was a far purer azote than could then be obtained by chemical laboratories.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon