azote

[ az-oht, ey-zoht, uh-zoht ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. nitrogen.

azote

/ ˈeɪzəʊt; əˈzəʊt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for nitrogen

Word History and Origins

Origin of azote¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of azote¹

C18: from French, from Greek azōtos ungirded, intended for Greek azōos 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

Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.

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

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Meerbitzer could not explain to himself this most suspicious blast, which blew real azote, and a deadly simoom-wind, upon him; and all his warm constituent principles began to shoot into icicles.

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The proportion of carbonic acid is somewhat greater than in the air of the streets overhead, that of ammoniacal azote is much more considerable, and that of bacteria only half as great.

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