azotic

[ uh-zot-ik, ey-zot- ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to azote; nitric.

Origin of azotic

1
First recorded in 1785–95; azote + -ic

Words Nearby azotic

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How to use azotic in a sentence

  • Forbid azotic acid to boil at the freezing temperature, and command water to boil at zero.

    Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
  • Cyrus Harding then took two slips of zinc, one of which was plunged into azotic acid, the other into a solution of potash.

    Abandoned | Jules Verne
  • This taste is caused by the azotic acid formed from the oxygen and azote of the atmosphere.

  • This was ascribed to the union of the azotic part of the atmosphere with the effused pus in Sect.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus Darwin
  • The other faces of the cube or cylinder of copper used are coated, and the copper placed in a bath of azotic acid.

British Dictionary definitions for azotic

azotic

/ (eɪˈzɒtɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, containing, or concerned with nitrogen

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