NITROGEN


Meaning of NITROGEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnī-trə-jən ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: French nitrogène, from nitre niter + -gène -gen

Date: 1794

: a colorless tasteless odorless element that as a diatomic gas is relatively inert and constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere and that is a constituent of organic compounds found in all living tissues — see element table

• ni·trog·e·nous nī-ˈträ-jə-nəs adjective

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