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