dinitrogen

Noun

dinitrogen (uncountable)

1. Diatomic nitrogen (molecular nitrogen): the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
   • Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
   • […] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).2008, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis Neal Irwin, Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 128

   Synonyms:

   nitrogen

2. Two atoms of nitrogen as part of some other compound.
   • The emission rates into the air are higher for hydropower plants in nonalpine regions due to higher emission rates of methane biogenic (7.94 × 10₋₅ kg for nonalpine plants and 3.89 × 10₋₆ kg for alpine ones), but for dinitrogen monooxide^([sic]), hydropower plants of alpine regions have higher...2023, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Shahjadi Hisan Farjana, Candace Lang, Green Energy: A Sustainable Future, page 94