azote
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of azote
1785–95; < French < Greek ázōtos ungirt, taken to mean lifeless
Example Sentences
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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
In the same manner, nitrous gas, which is azote in its first degree of oxygenation, is the oxyd of azote.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
As animal bodies consist much both of oxygen and azote, which make up the composition of atmospheric air, these should be counted amongst nutritious substances.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
When combined with oxygen, azote forms the nitrous and nitric oxyds and acids; when with hydrogen, ammoniac is produced.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
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