nitrogen
Syllables: ni·tro·gen/ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
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Canada/ˈnʌɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
nitrogen noun: the chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
Noun
nitrogen (countable and uncountable, plural nitrogens)
- The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
- Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense)
- By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.
- Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
- Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
- The air you breathe is mostly nitrogen.
- Synonyms:
- dinitrogen
- A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
- The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
nitrogen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nitrogen in Hindi
- chemical element
- भूयाति bhūyāti, नाइट्रोजन nāiṭrojan
nitrogen in Tamil
- chemical element
- ருசரகம் rucarakam, நைட்ரஜன் naiṭrajaṉ
nitrogen in Marathi
- chemical element
- नायट्रोजन nāyaṭrojan, नत्रवायू natravāyū
nitrogen in Urdu
- chemical element
- نائٹروجن nāiṭrojan
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- nitrogen in Bengali
- যবক্ষারজান jobokkharjan
- nitrogen in Telugu
- నత్రజని natrajani
- nitrogen in Malayalam
- പാക്യജനകം pākyajanakaṁ, നൈട്രജൻ naiṭrajaṉ
- nitrogen in Kannada
- ಸಾರಜನಕ sārajanaka
- nitrogen in Punjabi
- ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ nāīṭrojan
- nitrogen in Gujarati
- નત્રલવાયુ natralvāyu
- nitrogen in Odia
- ଯବକ୍ଷାରଜାନ jabakṣārajāna
- nitrogen in Sanskrit
- नैट्रोजन् naiṭrojan
- nitrogen in Sinhala
- නයිට්රජන් nayiṭrajan, ජීවාන්තක jīwāntaka
- nitrogen in Nepali
- नाइट्रोजन, नाइट्रोजेन
- nitrogen in Pashto
- نايتروجن nāytroǰán, آزوت āzǔt
- nitrogen in Tagalog
- nitroheno
- nitrogen in Arabic
- نَيْتُرُوجِين m or نِيتْرُوجِين nayturūjīn, آزُوت ʔāzūt
- nitrogen in Malay
- nitrogen, zat lemas
- nitrogen in Indonesian
- nitrogen
- nitrogen in Persian
- نیتروژن nitrožen, ازت azot
- nitrogen in Thai
- ไนโตรเจน nai-dtroo-jeen
- nitrogen in Vietnamese
- nitơ, đạm khí
- nitrogen in Myanmar
- နိုက်ထရိုဂျင် nuikhta.ruigyang
Examples of nitrogen in a sentence
- The truck was carrying tanks of nitrogen, so there was no fire risk. Police stated that if the truck had been carrying tanks of oxygen, as it often does, there might have been an explosion.
- The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
Synonyms of nitrogen
- dinitrogen
- E941 when used as a packaging gas
- propellant
- azote
Forms of nitrogen
| plural | nitrogens |
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Origin of nitrogen
Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.
Words formed from nitrogen
- antinitrogen
- carbon-nitrogen cycle
- carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
- dinitrogen
- hydronitrogen
- lean nitrogen oxide trap
- liquid nitrogen
- multinitrogen
- nitragin
- nitrian
- nitrogen-13
- nitrogen-14
- nitrogen-15
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogen balance
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen fixer
- nitrogen fixing
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenic
- nitrogen ice
- nitrogeniferous
- nitrogen inversion
- nitrogenise
- nitrogenize
- nitrogenization
- nitrogenless
- nitrogenlike
- nitrogen monoxide
- nitrogen mustard
- nitrogen narcosis
- nitrogenous
- nitrogen oxide
- nitrogen pentoxide
- nitrogen tetroxide
- nitrogen tribromide
- nitrogen trichloride
- nitrogen trifluoride
- nitrogen triiodide
- nitrophilous
- nitrox
- nonnitrogen
- organonitrogen
- polynitrogen
- radionitrogen
Phrases with nitrogen
Questions about nitrogen
- What does nitrogen mean?
- Nitrogen means the chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
- What is nitrogen in Hindi?
- Nitrogen in Hindi is भूयाति (bhūyāti), नाइट्रोजन (nāiṭrojan). See Nitrogen meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use nitrogen in a sentence?
- The truck was carrying tanks of nitrogen, so there was no fire risk. Police stated that if the truck had been carrying tanks of oxygen, as it often does, there might have been an explosion.
- What part of speech is nitrogen?
- Nitrogen is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nitrogen?
- Nitrogen is pronounced /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/.
- What is the plural of nitrogen?
- The plural of nitrogen is nitrogens.
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