NITROGEN
\nˈa͡ɪtɹəd͡ʒən], \nˈaɪtɹədʒən], \n_ˈaɪ_t_ɹ_ə_dʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of NITROGEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
By Princeton University
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a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A gas forming nearly four-fifths of common air, so called from its being an essential constituent of nitre.
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NITROGENOUS.
By Daniel Lyons
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An elementary gas, forming nearly four-fifths of atmospheric air.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That elementary gas which forms the base of nitric acid, and composes four-fifths by bulk of our atmosphere-it does not sustain animal life.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: azote. A non-metallic element, discovered by Priestley in 1772. It is an indifferent, colorless, tasteless gas, present in the atmosphere; also present, in small quantities, in the intestinal tract and in the blood. Symbol N. Atomic weight, 14.01. Intrapleural injections of n. have been used to compress the lung in the treatment of tubercular disease, [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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